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.
10 Though the mountains fall awayand the hills be shaken,My love shall never fall away from younor my covenant of peace be shaken,says the Lord, who has mercy on you.