4  Have you not just now called to me,

‘My ^afather, you are the ^bfriend of my youth—

9  ^yWith weeping they shall come,

and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,

I will make them walk by brooks of water,

in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,

for ^zI am a father to Israel,

and ^aEphraim is my firstborn.