⁶ For the Lord has called you
    like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
like the wife of a man’s youth when she is cast off,
    says your God.^(A)

⁷ For a brief moment I abandoned you,
    but with great compassion I will gather you.^(A)

¹⁴ Return, O faithless children,
            says the Lord,
    for I am your husband;
I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,
    and I will bring you to Zion.^(A)