3 For you shall spread abroad to the right and left;your descendants shall dispossess the nationsand shall people the deserted cities.
4 Do not fear, you shall not be put to shame;do not be discouraged, you shall not be disgraced.For the shame of your youth you shall forget,the reproach of your widowhood no longer remember.
5 For your husband is your Maker;the Lord of hosts is his name,Your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,called God of all the earth.
6 The Lord calls you back,like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,A wife married in youth and then cast off,says your God.
7 For a brief moment I abandoned you,but with great tenderness I will take you back.
8 In an outburst of wrath, for a momentI hid my face from you;But with enduring love I take pity on you,says the Lord, your redeemer.
9 This is for me like the days of Noah:As I swore then that the waters of Noahshould never again flood the earth,So I have sworn now not to be angry with you,or to rebuke you.