“They shall go after Yahweh.
He will roar
Like a lion.
When he roars,
His children
Shall come trembling
From the west.
They shall come trembling
Like birds
From Egypt.
They shall come trembling
Like doves
From the land of Assyria.
‘I will return them
To their homes.’
Says Yahweh.”
The compassion of Yahweh will lead the Israelites to return to Israel and Ephraim. Yahweh would roar like a lion. When his children, the Israelites, heard this roar, they would come trembling back to Israel. They would come from the west, like birds from Egypt. They would also return like trembling doves from Assyria. Yahweh said that he would return them to their homes.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 