⁵ For your Maker^(A) is your husband^(B)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One^(C) of Israel is your Redeemer;^(D)
    he is called the God of all the earth.^(E)
6 The Lord will call you back^(F)
    as if you were a wife deserted^(G) and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,^(H)
    only to be rejected,” says your God.
⁷ “For a brief moment^(I) I abandoned^(J) you,
    but with deep compassion^(K) I will bring you back.^(L)
8 In a surge of anger^(M)
    I hid^(N) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness^(O)
    I will have compassion^(P) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.^(Q)

⁹ “To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.^(R)
So now I have sworn^(S) not to be angry^(T) with you,
    never to rebuke^(U) you again.
¹⁰ Though the mountains be shaken^(V)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love^(W) for you will not be shaken^(X)
    nor my covenant^(Y) of peace^(Z) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion^(AA) on you.

¹¹ “Afflicted^(AB) city, lashed by storms^(AC) and not comforted,^(AD)
    I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,^[a](AE)
    your foundations^(AF) with lapis lazuli.^(AG)
12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
    your gates^(AH) of sparkling jewels,
    and all your walls of precious stones.
¹³ All your children will be taught by the Lord,^(AI)
    and great will be their peace.^(AJ)
14 In righteousness^(AK) you will be established:^(AL)
Tyranny^(AM) will be far from you;
    you will have nothing to fear.^(AN)
Terror^(AO) will be far removed;
    it will not come near you.