^5 (A)For your Maker is your husband,
    the Lord of hosts is his name;
^(B)and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer,
    ^(C)the God of the whole earth he is called.

⁷ She shall pursue her lovers
    but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
    but shall not find them.
^(A)Then she shall say,
    ‘I will go and return to ^(B)my first husband,
    ^(C)for it was better for me then than now.’

⁷ Let us rejoice and exult
    and give him the glory,
for ^(A)the marriage of the Lamb has come,
    and ^(B)his Bride has made herself ready;