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3 Jehovah appeared to him from afar, saying: »I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving-kindness.
4 »I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You will take up your tambourines and go to the dances of the merrymakers.
5 »You will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria. The planters will plant and will enjoy them.
6 »There will be a day when watchmen on the hills of Ephraim call out: ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to Jehovah our God.’«
7 Jehovah says: »Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations.« Proclaim! Give praise and say, O Jehovah, save your people, the remnant of Israel.
8 I am bringing them from the North Country. I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth. Among them are the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor with child. As a great company they will return here.
9 With weeping they will come. By supplication I will lead them. I will make them walk by streams of waters on a straight path in which they will not stumble. For I am a father to Israel and Ephraim is my firstborn.
10 Hear the word of Jehovah, O nations. Declare in the coastlands afar off. Say: »He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.
11 »Jehovah will free the descendants of Jacob and reclaim them from those who are stronger than they are.
12 »They will come and shout for joy on top of Mount Zion. They will stream to it to enjoy Jehovah’s blessings: fresh grain, new wine, olive oil, lambs and calves. Their lives will be like well-watered gardens, and they will never suffer again.«