Isaiah 54:5-6

54:5 For your husband is the one who made you –

the Lord who commands armies is his name.

He is your protector, ¹  the Holy One of Israel. ² 

He is called “God of the entire earth.”

54:6 “Indeed, the Lord will call you back

like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, ³ 

like a young wife when she has been rejected,” says your God.

[54:5]  ¹ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[54:5]  ² sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[54:6]  ³ tn Heb “like a woman abandoned and grieved in spirit.”