⁴ Do not be afraid - you will not be disgraced again; you will not be humiliated. You will forget your unfaithfulness as a young wife, and your desperate loneliness as a widow. ⁵ Your Creator will be like a husband to you - the Lord Almighty is his name. The holy God of Israel will save you - he is the ruler of all the world. ⁶ Israel, you are like a young wife, deserted by her husband and deeply distressed. But the Lord calls you back to him and says: ⁷ "For one brief moment I left you; with deep love I will take you back. ⁸ I turned away angry for only a moment, but I will show you my love forever." So says the Lord who saves you. ⁹ "In the time of Noah I promised never again to flood the earth. Now I promise not to be angry with you again; I will not reprimand or punish you. ¹⁰ The mountains and hills may crumble, but my love for you will never end; I will keep forever my promise of peace." So says the Lord who loves you.