Saturday, April 14, 2007

The greatest love

For your maker is your husband;
Jehovah of hosts is His name.
And the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
He is called the God of all the earth.

For Jehovah has called you,
Like a wife who has been forsaken and is grieved in spirit,
Even like a wife of one's youth when she has been rejected,
Says your God.

For a short moment I forsook you,
But with great compassion I will gather you.

In a flood of wrath I hid
My face from you for a moment,
But with eternal lovingkindness I will have mercy on you,
Says Jehovah your Redeemer.

For this is like the waters of Noah to Me,
When I swore that the waters of Noah
Would not overflow the earth ever again;
So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you,
Nor will I rebuke you.

For the mountains may depart,
And the hills may shake,
But my lovingkindness will not depart from you,
Says Jehovah who has compassion on you.

Isaiah 54:5-10