For the Lord has called you,
like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,(A)
a wife of one’s youth(B) when she is rejected,”
says your God.
“I deserted you for a brief moment,(C)
but I will take you back with great compassion.

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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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15 Instead of your being deserted and hated,
with no one passing through,(A)
I will make you an object of eternal pride,(B)
a joy from age to age.

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15 “Although you have been forsaken(A) and hated,
    with no one traveling(B) through,
I will make you the everlasting pride(C)
    and the joy(D) of all generations.

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18 Violence will never again be heard of in your land;(A)
devastation and destruction
will be gone from your borders.
But you will name your walls salvation(B)
and your gates, praise.

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18 No longer will violence(A) be heard in your land,
    nor ruin or destruction(B) within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvation(C)
    and your gates Praise.(D)

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