⁸ The Sovereign Lord declares—
    he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather^(A) still others to them
    besides those already gathered.”

⁶ “I will strengthen^(A) Judah
    and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
    because I have compassion^(B) on them.^(C)
They will be as though
    I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
    and I will answer^(D) them.