"I will bringthem backfrom the landof EgyptAnd gatherthem from Assyria;And I will bringthem into the landof Gileadand LebanonUntil no[room] can be foundfor them.
"The smallestonewill becomea clan,And the leastonea mightynation.I, the LORD,will hastenit in its time."
For thussaysthe LORDconcerningthe houseof the kingof Judah:"You are [like] Gileadto Me, [Like] the summitof Lebanon;Yet mostassuredlyI will makeyou like a wilderness,[Like] citieswhich are not inhabited.
And I will bringIsraelbackto his pastureand he will grazeon Carmeland Bashan,and his desirewill be satisfiedin the hillcountryof Ephraimand Gilead.
They will walkafterthe LORD,He will roarlike a lion;IndeedHe will roarAnd [His] sonswill cometremblingfrom the west.
They will cometremblinglike birdsfrom EgyptAnd like dovesfrom the landof Assyria;And I will settlethem in their houses,declaresthe LORD.
And the exilesof thishostof the sonsof Israel,Whoare [among] the Canaanitesas faras Zarephath,And the exilesof Jerusalemwhoare in SepharadWill possessthe citiesof the Negev.
ShepherdYour peoplewith Your scepter,The flockof Your possessionWhich dwellsby itselfin the woodland,In the midstof a fruitfulfield.Let them feedin Bashanand GileadAs in the daysof old.
"Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,'Behold,I am going to saveMy peoplefrom the landof the eastand from the landof the west;
and I will bringthem [back] and they will livein the midstof Jerusalem;and they shall be My people,and I will be their Godin truthand righteousness.'
