⁶ 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.
⁷ “I deserted you for a brief moment,^(C)
but I will take you back with abundant compassion.

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.

¹⁸ Violence will never again be heard of in your land;^(A)
devastation and destruction
will be gone from your borders.
You will call your walls Salvation^(B)
and your city gates Praise.