³² What answer shall be given
    to the envoys^(A) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,^(B)
    and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.^(C)”

²⁵ “I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions,^(A) for my own sake,^(B)
    and remembers your sins^(C) no more.^(D)

⁹ For my own name’s sake^(A) I delay my wrath;^(B)
    for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
    so as not to destroy you completely.^(C)
10 See, I have refined^(D) you, though not as silver;
    I have tested^(E) you in the furnace^(F) of affliction.
¹¹ For my own sake,^(G) for my own sake, I do this.
    How can I let myself be defamed?^(H)
    I will not yield my glory to another.^(I)

⁹ “To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.^(A)
So now I have sworn^(B) not to be angry^(C) with you,
    never to rebuke^(D) you again.
¹⁰ Though the mountains be shaken^(E)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love^(F) for you will not be shaken^(G)
    nor my covenant^(H) of peace^(I) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion^(J) on you.