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I hid my face from you for a moment, in the flowing of anger,
    but[a] I will have compassion on you with everlasting faithfulness” says your redeemer, Yahweh.
“For this is like the waters of Noah to me,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again pass[b] over the earth,
    so I swore that I would not be[c] angry at you and rebuke you.
10 For the mountains may depart,
    and the hills may sway,
but[d] my faithfulness shall not depart from you,
    and my covenant of peace shall not sway,”
says Yahweh, who has compassion on you,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:8 Or “and”
  2. Isaiah 54:9 Literally “from the passing over of the waters of Noah again”
  3. Isaiah 54:9 Literally “from being “
  4. Isaiah 54:10 Or “and”

In a surge of anger(A)
    I hid(B) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness(C)
    I will have compassion(D) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.(E)

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

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