2 Make your tent bigger;stretch it out and make it wider.Do not hold back.Make the ropes longerand its stakes stronger,
3 because you will spread out to the right and to the left.Your children will take over other nations,and they will again live in cities that once were destroyed.
4 “Don’t be afraid, because you will not be ashamed.Don’t be embarrassed, because you will not be disgraced.You will forget the shame you felt earlier;you will not remember the shame you felt when you lost your husband.
5 The God who made you is like your husband.His name is the Lord All-Powerful.The Holy One of Israel is the one who saves you.He is called the God of all the earth.
6 You were like a woman whose husband left her,and you were very sad.You were like a wife who married youngand then her husband left her.But the Lord called you to be his,”says your God.
7 God says, “I left you for a short time,but with great kindness I will bring you back again.
8 I became very angryand hid from you for a time,but I will show you mercy with kindness forever,”says the Lord who saves you.