Translations
"They will return with weeping, and with prayers for mercy I will guide them home. I will lead them beside streams of water on a straight path where they will not stumble. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn."
"In weeping they shall come, and with pleadings I will bring them — I will lead them by streams of water, on a level road where they shall not stumble. For I have become a father to Yisra'el, and Efrayim is My firstborn."
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”