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.