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Now your Maker is your husband.
    His name is the Lord Almighty.
Israel's Holy God is your Redeemer.
    He is called, ‘The God who rules the whole earth’.
‘The Lord will now call you to come back to him.
You have been like a wife who was very upset,
    because her husband has left her.
You have been like a wife who married when she was young,
    and her husband sent her away.’
That is what your God says.
‘For a short time I went away from you.
But now I will bring you back to myself,
    because I feel very sorry for you.

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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)
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.
“For a brief moment(I) I abandoned(J) you,
    but with deep compassion(K) I will bring you back.(L)

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