Isaiah 54:5-8

Contemporary English Version

⁶ You were like a young wife,
    brokenhearted and crying
because her husband
    had divorced her.
But the Lord your God says,
    “I am taking you back!
⁷ I rejected you for a while,
but with love and tenderness
    I will embrace you again.
⁸ For a while, I turned away
    in furious anger.
Now I will have mercy
    and love you forever!
I, your protector and Lord,
    make this promise.”