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Berean Standard Bible

“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.”

Isaiah 54:6

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After the suffering servant of chapter 53, Isaiah turns to speak tenderly to a barren and desolate Zion about a future of restoration.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.

World English Bible (WEB)

For Yahweh has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off,” says your God.

King James Version (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.

American Standard Version (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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

For the Lord has made you come back to him, like a wife who has been sent away in grief of spirit; for one may not give up the wife of one's early days.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Porque como á mujer dejada y triste de espíritu te llamó Jehová, y como á mujer moza que es repudiada, dijo el Dios tuyo.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Porque el Señor te ha llamado para que dejes tu dolor, joven esposa abandonada por tu marido.

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