Catholic Public Domain Version
"For a brief moment, I have forsaken you, and with great pities, I will gather you. "
— Isaiah 54:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.”
“For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. ”
“"For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you.”
““For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.”
“For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee.”
“For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again.”
“For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.”
Do not be afraid! For you will not be confounded, and you will not blush. And you will not be put to shame, because you shall forget the confusion of your youth, and you shall no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.
For the One who made you will rule over you. The Lord of hosts is his name. And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, will be called the God of all the earth.
For the Lord has called you, like a woman forsaken and mourning in spirit, and like a wife rejected in her youth, said your God.
For a brief moment, I have forsaken you, and with great pities, I will gather you.
In a moment of indignation, I have hidden my face from you, for a little while. But with everlasting mercy, I have taken pity on you, said your Redeemer, the Lord.
For me, it is just as in the days of Noah, to whom I swore that I would no longer bring in the waters of Noah over the earth. Thus have I sworn not to be angry with you, and not to rebuke you.
For the mountains will be moved, and the hills will tremble. But my mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of my peace will not be shaken, said the Lord, who has compassion on you.