2 “Enlarge the place of your tent,and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;do not hold back; lengthen your cordsand strengthen your stakes.
3 For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,and your offspring will possess the nationsand will people the desolate cities.
4 “Fear not, for you will not be ashamed;be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced;for you will forget the shame of your youth,and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
5 For your Maker is your husband,the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.
6 For the Lord has called youlike a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,like a wife of youth when she is cast off,says your God.
7 For a brief moment I deserted you,but with great compassion I will gather you.
8 In overflowing anger for a momentI hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”says the Lord, your Redeemer.