¹⁸ In that day^(A) the deaf^(B) will hear the words of the scroll,
    and out of gloom and darkness^(C)
    the eyes of the blind will see.^(D)

³ Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,^(A)
    and the ears^(B) of those who hear will listen.

⁸ See, I will bring them from the land of the north^(A)
    and gather^(B) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind^(C) and the lame,^(D)
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    a great throng will return.
⁹ They will come with weeping;^(E)
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead^(F) them beside streams of water^(G)
    on a level^(H) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,^(I)
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.