¹⁷ The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.^(A)
He will take great delight^(B) in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,^(C)
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”^(D)

¹⁹ I will betroth^(A) you to me forever;
    I will betroth you in^[a] righteousness and justice,^(B)
    in^[b] love and compassion.^(C)
20 I will betroth you in^[c] faithfulness,
    and you will acknowledge^(D) the Lord.^(E)

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)