⁷ In that day^(A) people will look^(B) to their Maker^(C)
    and turn their eyes to the Holy One^(D) of Israel.

⁷ But as for me, I watch^(A) in hope^(B) for the Lord,
    I wait for God my Savior;
    my God will hear^(C) me.

⁴ I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin^(A) Israel, will be rebuilt.^(B)
Again you will take up your timbrels^(C)
    and go out to dance^(D) with the joyful.^(E)
5 Again you will plant^(F) vineyards
    on the hills of Samaria;^(G)
the farmers will plant them
    and enjoy their fruit.^(H)
6 There will be a day when watchmen^(I) cry out
    on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”^(J)

“Sing^(K) with joy for Jacob;
    shout for the foremost^(L) of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
    ‘Lord, save^(M) your people,
    the remnant^(N) of Israel.’
⁸ See, I will bring them from the land of the north^(O)
    and gather^(P) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind^(Q) and the lame,^(R)
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    a great throng will return.
⁹ They will come with weeping;^(S)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead^(T) them beside streams of water^(U)
    on a level^(V) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,^(W)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

¹⁰ “Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
    proclaim it in distant coastlands:^(X)
‘He who scattered^(Y) Israel will gather^(Z) them
    and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’^(AA)

“‘How gladly would I treat you like my children
    and give you a pleasant land,^(E)
    the most beautiful inheritance^(F) of any nation.’
I thought you would call me ‘Father’^(G)
    and not turn away from following me.
²⁰ But like a woman unfaithful to her husband,
    so you, Israel, have been unfaithful^(H) to me,”
declares the Lord.

²¹ A cry is heard on the barren heights,^(I)
    the weeping^(J) and pleading of the people of Israel,
because they have perverted their ways
    and have forgotten^(K) the Lord their God.

²² “Return,^(L) faithless people;
    I will cure^(M) you of backsliding.”^(N)

“Yes, we will come to you,
    for you are the Lord our God.
²³ Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills^(O)
    and mountains is a deception;
surely in the Lord our God
    is the salvation^(P) of Israel.

“‘Return,^(B) faithless^(C) Israel,’ declares the Lord,
    ‘I will frown on you no longer,
for I am faithful,’^(D) declares the Lord,
    ‘I will not be angry^(E) forever.
¹³ Only acknowledge^(F) your guilt—
    you have rebelled against the Lord your God,
you have scattered your favors to foreign gods^(G)
    under every spreading tree,^(H)
    and have not obeyed^(I) me,’”
declares the Lord.

²⁴ Those who are wayward^(A) in spirit will gain understanding;^(B)
    those who complain will accept instruction.”^(C)