12  I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob;

I will ^xgather the ^yremnant of Israel;

I will set them together

like sheep in a fold,

like a flock in its pasture,

a noisy multitude of men.

13  He who opens the breach goes up before them;

they break through and pass the gate,

going out by it.

Their king passes on before them,

the Lord at their head.

6  In that day, declares the Lord,

I will ^wassemble the ^xlame

and gather those who have been driven away

and those whom I have afflicted;

7  and the lame I will make the ^yremnant,

and those who were cast off, a strong nation;

and the Lord will ^zreign over them in Mount Zion

from this time forth and forevermore.

8  And you, O tower of the flock,

hill of the daughter of Zion,

to you shall it come,

the former dominion shall come,

kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.

14  ^tShepherd your people with your staff,

the flock of your inheritance,

who dwell alone in a forest

in the midst of a garden land;¹

^ulet them graze in Bashan and Gilead

as in the days of old.

18  ^xWho is a God like you, ^ypardoning iniquity

and passing over transgression

for the ^zremnant of his inheritance?

^aHe does not retain his anger forever,

because he delights in steadfast love.