7. For a brief moment I abandoned you,but with great tenderness I will take you back.
8. In an outburst of wrath, for a momentI hid my face from you;But with enduring love I take pity on you,says the Lord, your redeemer.
9. This is for me like the days of Noah:As I swore then that the waters of Noahshould never again flood the earth,So I have sworn now not to be angry with you,or to rebuke you.
10. Though the mountains fall awayand the hills be shaken,My love shall never fall away from younor my covenant of peace be shaken,says the Lord, who has mercy on you.
11. O afflicted one, storm-battered and unconsoled,I lay your pavements in carnelians,your foundations in sapphires;
12. I will make your battlements of rubies,your gates of jewels,and all your walls of precious stones.
13. All your children shall be taught by the Lord;great shall be the peace of your children.
14. In justice shall you be established,far from oppression, you shall not fear,from destruction, it cannot come near.
15. If there be an attack, it is not my doing;whoever attacks shall fall before you.
16. See, I have created the smithwho blows on the burning coalsand forges weapons as his work;It is I also who have createdthe destroyer to work havoc.