“Do not be afraid;(A) you will not be put to shame.(B)
    Do not fear disgrace;(C) you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth(D)
    and remember no more the reproach(E) of your widowhood.(F)
For your Maker(G) is your husband(H)
    the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One(I) of Israel is your Redeemer;(J)
    he is called the God of all the earth.(K)
The Lord will call you back(L)
    as if you were a wife deserted(M) and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,(N)
    only to be rejected,” says your God.
“For a brief moment(O) I abandoned(P) you,
    but with deep compassion(Q) I will bring you back.(R)
In a surge of anger(S)
    I hid(T) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness(U)
    I will have compassion(V) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.(W)

“To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.(X)
So now I have sworn(Y) not to be angry(Z) with you,
    never to rebuke(AA) you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken(AB)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love(AC) for you will not be shaken(AD)
    nor my covenant(AE) of peace(AF) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion(AG) on you.

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37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors(A) through him who loved us.(B) 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither the present nor the future,(C) nor any powers,(D) 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God(E) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers

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