Jer 31:7-9, Eze 36:37, Zec 8:22-23, 9:14-15, 10:6-8 | ESV | STEP | For thus says the Lord : Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob , and raise shouts for the chief of the nations ; proclaim , give praise , and say , O Lord , save your people , the remnant of Israel .

7 For thus says the Lord:
^a“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
and raise shouts for ^bthe chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
^c‘O Lord, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.’
8 Behold, I will bring them ^dfrom the north country
and ^egather them from ^fthe farthest parts of the earth,
among them ^gthe blind and the lame,
the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
a great company, they shall return here.
9 ^hWith weeping they shall come,
ⁱand with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them ^jwalk by brooks of water,
^kin a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for ^lI am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is ^mmy firstborn.

Ezekiel 36:37

37 “Thus says the Lord God: This also ⁿI will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: ^oto increase their people like ^pa flock.

Zechariah 8:22-23

22 ^qMany peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and ^rto entreat the favor of the Lord. 23 Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ^sten men ^tfrom the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for ^uwe have heard that God is with you.’”

Zechariah 9:14-15

The Lord Will Save His People

14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
and ^vhis arrow will go forth like lightning;
^wthe Lord God will sound the trumpet
and will march forth in ^xthe whirlwinds ^yof the south.
15 The Lord of hosts ^zwill protect them,
and ^aathey shall devour, ^aband tread down the sling stones,
and ^acthey shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
and be full like a bowl,
drenched ^adlike the corners of the altar.

Zechariah 10:6-8

6 ^ae“I will strengthen the house of Judah,
and ^afI will save the house of Joseph.
^agI will bring them back ^ahbecause I have compassion on them,
and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,
for ^aiI am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
7 Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,
and ^ajtheir hearts shall be glad as with wine.
Their children shall see it and be glad;
their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.
8 ^ak“I will whistle for them and ^algather them in,
for I have redeemed them,
and ^amthey shall be as many as they were before.