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“Indeed, the Lord will call you back
like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression,[a]
like a young wife when she has been rejected,” says your God.
“For a short time I abandoned[b] you,
but with great compassion I will gather you.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:6 tn Heb “like a woman abandoned and grieved in spirit.”
  2. Isaiah 54:7 tn Or “forsook” (NASB).

The Lord will call you back(A)
    as if you were a wife deserted(B) and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,(C)
    only to be rejected,” says your God.
“For a brief moment(D) I abandoned(E) you,
    but with deep compassion(F) I will bring you back.(G)

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