3 For you will soon be bursting at the seams.Your descendants will occupy other nationsand resettle the ruined cities.
4 “Fear not; you will no longer live in shame.Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you.You will no longer remember the shame of your youthand the sorrows of widowhood.
5 For your Creator will be your husband;the lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name!He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,the God of all the earth.
6 For the lord has called you back from your grief—as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,”says your God.
7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you,but with great compassion I will take you back.
8 In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while.But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”says the lord, your Redeemer.
9 “Just as I swore in the time of Noahthat I would never again let a flood cover the earth,so now I swearthat I will never again be angry and punish you.