7. “For a brief moment I abandoned you,but with great compassion I will take you back.
8. In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while.But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”says the lord, your Redeemer.
9. “Just as I swore in the time of Noahthat I would never again let a flood cover the earth,so now I swearthat I will never again be angry and punish you.
10. For the mountains may moveand the hills disappear,but even then my faithful love for you will remain.My covenant of blessing will never be broken,”says the lord, who has mercy on you.
11. “O storm-battered city,troubled and desolate!I will rebuild you with precious jewelsand make your foundations from lapis lazuli.
12. I will make your towers of sparkling rubies,your gates of shining gems,and your walls of precious stones.