“Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame;(A)
don’t be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced.
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
and you will no longer remember
the disgrace of your widowhood.(B)

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“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)

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You will no longer be called Deserted,(A)
and your land will not be called Desolate;
instead, you will be called My Delight is in Her,[a]
and your land Married;[b](B)
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land will be married.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:4 Or Hephzibah
  2. Isaiah 62:4 Or Beulah

No longer will they call you Deserted,(A)
    or name your land Desolate.(B)
But you will be called Hephzibah,[a](C)
    and your land Beulah[b];
for the Lord will take delight(D) in you,
    and your land will be married.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
  2. Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.

11 Judah has acted treacherously, and a detestable(A) thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned(B) the Lord’s sanctuary,[a](C) which He loves,(D) and has married the daughter of a foreign god.[b](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:11 Or profaned what is holy to the Lord
  2. Malachi 2:11 = a woman who worshiped a foreign god

11 Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable(A) thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves(B) by marrying(C) women who worship a foreign god.(D)

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