6 I will make strong the house of Judah,and will deliver the house of Joseph.I will restore thembecause I have compassion on them.They will be likeI had never rejected them;for I am the Lord their God,and I will respond to them.
7 Then Ephraim shall be like a mighty man,and their hearts shall rejoice as with wine.Their children shall see this and be glad;their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.
8 I will whistle to themand gather them in,for I have ransomed them;they will be numerous as they were numerous before.
9 When I scatter them among the nations,they will remember Me in the distant lands;they will live with their childrenand then return.
10 I will bring them home from the land of Egypt,and gather them from Assyria.I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon,until there is no room for them.
11 He will pass through the sea of distress,and will put down the waves in the sea:All the depths of the Nile will be dried up;and the arrogance of Assyria will be brought down,and the scepter of Egypt will turn away.
12 I will make them strong in the Lord,and they will go to and fro in His name,says the Lord.