Jer 31:9, Hos 1:11, Zec 12:10 | ESV | STEP | With weeping they shall come , and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water , in a straight path in which they shall not stumble , for I am a father to Israel , and Ephraim is my firstborn .

Jeremiah 31:9

9 ^aWith weeping they shall come,
^band with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them ^cwalk by brooks of water,
^din a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for ^eI am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is ^fmy firstborn.

Hosea 1:11

11 And ^gthe children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and ^hthey shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Zechariah 12:10

Him Whom They Have Pierced

10 “And ⁱI will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and ^jpleas for mercy, so that, ^kwhen they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ^lthey shall mourn for him, ^mas one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.