6. "I will make the family of Judah strong. I will save the people of Joseph. I will bring them back because I have tender love for them. It will be as if I had not sent them away. I am the Lord their God. I will help them.
7. The people of Ephraim will become like mighty men. Their hearts will be glad as if they were drinking wine. Their children will see it and be filled with joy. I will make their hearts glad.
8. I will whistle for my people and gather them in. I will set them free. There will be as many of them as before.
9. I have scattered them among the nations. But in lands far away they will remember me. They and their children will be kept alive. And they will return.