¹² He will raise a banner^(J) for the nations
    and gather^(K) the exiles of Israel;^(L)
he will assemble the scattered people^(M) of Judah
    from the four quarters of the earth.^(N)
13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
    and Judah’s enemies^[c] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
    nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.^(O)
14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia^(P) to the west;
    together they will plunder the people to the east.^(Q)
They will subdue Edom^(R) and Moab,^(S)
    and the Ammonites^(T) will be subject to them.^(U)
15 The Lord will dry up^(V)
    the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind^(W) he will sweep his hand^(X)
    over the Euphrates River.^(Y)
He will break it up into seven streams
    so that anyone can cross over in sandals.^(Z)
16 There will be a highway^(AA) for the remnant^(AB) of his people
    that is left from Assyria,^(AC)
as there was for Israel
    when they came up from Egypt.^(AD)

¹⁴ “Therefore I am now going to allure her;
    I will lead her into the wilderness^(A)
    and speak tenderly to her.
¹⁵ There I will give her back her vineyards,
    and will make the Valley of Achor^[a](B) a door of hope.
There she will respond^[b](C) as in the days of her youth,^(D)
    as in the day she came up out of Egypt.^(E)