¹“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.” ²This is what the LORD says: ³The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: ⁴Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, ⁵Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; ⁶For there will be a day when watchmen will call out ⁷For this is what the LORD says: ⁸Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north ⁹They will come with weeping, ¹⁰Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, ¹¹For the LORD has ransomed Jacob ¹²They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; ¹³Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, ¹⁴I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, ¹⁵This is what the LORD says: ¹⁶This is what the LORD says: ¹⁷So there is hope for your future, ¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ¹⁹After I returned, I repented; ²⁰Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, ²¹“Set up the road markers, ²²How long will you wander, ²³This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’ ²⁴And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks, ²⁵for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”