Isaiah 54:7-9

Contemporary English Version

⁷ I rejected you for a while,
but with love and tenderness
    I will embrace you again.
⁸ For a while, I turned away
    in furious anger.
Now I will have mercy
    and love you forever!
I, your protector and Lord,
    make this promise.”

^9 (A) I once promised Noah that I
would never again destroy
    the earth by a flood.
Now I have promised that I
will never again get angry
    and punish you.