⁴ No longer will they call you Deserted,^(A)
    or name your land Desolate.^(B)
But you will be called Hephzibah,^[a](C)
    and your land Beulah^[b];
for the Lord will take delight^(D) in you,
    and your land will be married.^(E)
5 As a young man marries a young woman,
    so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom^(F) rejoices over his bride,
    so will your God rejoice^(G) over you.

⁷ She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
    she will look for them but not find them.^(A)
Then she will say,
    ‘I will go back to my husband^(B) as at first,^(C)
    for then I was better off^(D) than now.’