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For your husband[a] is your maker,[b] his name is Yahweh of hosts;
    and your redeemer is the holy one of Israel, he is called the God of all of the earth.
For Yahweh has called you like a wife forsaken and hurt of spirit,
    like[c] the wife of childhood when she is rejected, says your God.
I abandoned you for a short[d] moment,
    but[e] I will gather you with great compassion.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:5 The Hebrew is plural
  2. Isaiah 54:5 The Hebrew is plural
  3. Isaiah 54:6 Or “and”
  4. Isaiah 54:7 Literally “in a small”
  5. Isaiah 54:7 Or “and”

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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