“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.”
The image of Israel coming 'with weeping, and with pleas for mercy' portrays restoration not as triumphal conquest but as a return marked by repentance and humility. The promise to lead them 'by brooks of water, in a straight path' evokes both the exodus and the new creation.
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