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Isaiah 54:6

For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.

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ASV

For Jehovah hath called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, saith thy God.

KJV

For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
כְאִשָּׁ֧הkhe.'i.Shahlike a wifeH802 →
עֲזוּבָ֛ה'a.zu.VahabandonedH5800 →
וַעֲצ֥וּבַתva.'a.Tzu.vatand grieved ofH6087 →
ר֖וּחַRu.achspiritH7307 →
קְרָאָ֣ךְke.ra.'Akhhe will call youH7121 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וְאֵ֧שֶׁתve.'E.shetand a wife ofH802 →
נְעוּרִ֛יםne.'u.Rimyouth<s>H5271 →
כִּ֥יkiifH3588 →
תִמָּאֵ֖סti.ma.'Esshe is rejectedH3988 →
אָמַ֥ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃'e.lo.Ha.yikhGod yourH430 →

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Isaiah 62:4No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.Hosea 2:14–15“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.Proverbs 5:18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:Hosea 2:1–2“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.Isaiah 49:14–21But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”1 Samuel 1:10In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.Isaiah 54:11“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.Isaiah 50:1–2This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.Malachi 2:14Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.2 Corinthians 7:9–10And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.1 Samuel 1:8“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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