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For the Lord has called you back
    like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,
like the wife of a man’s youth when she is cast off,”
    says the Lord your God.[a]

“For a brief moment I abandoned you;
    but I’ll gather you with great compassion.
I hid my face from you for a moment in a surge of anger,
    but I will have compassion on you with my[b] everlasting gracious love,”
        says the Lord your Redeemer.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read says your God
  2. Isaiah 54:8 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT LXX lack my

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)
In a surge of anger(H)
    I hid(I) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness(J)
    I will have compassion(K) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.(L)

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