Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.
    Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
    and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 For your Maker is your husband –
    the Lord Almighty is his name –
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
    he is called the God of all the earth.
6 The Lord will call you back
    as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit –
a wife who married young,
    only to be rejected,’ says your God.
7 ‘For a brief moment I abandoned you,
    but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
8 In a surge of anger
    I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
    I will have compassion on you,’
    says the Lord your Redeemer.

‘With reference to the LORD as Israel’s Maker, husband and Redeemer in verses 4-8 the focus shifts to the Sinai covenant. In her youth Israel had suffered the shame of slavery in Egypt; in her maturity she was to suffer the disgrace of widowhood in Babylon. But as the LORD took her to be his bride, entering into a covenant with her at Mount Sinai, so he would take her again and renew his relationship with her. He would not cease to be her husband and Redeemer. The Sinai covenant would stand.’ Barry Webb, p.216.

I have highlighted in bold, in the text ’emotional’ words, and reading it prompts me to pray:

Lord, we bring to you all those who are feeling shame and disgrace, fear and distress. We lift to you those feeling the pain of abandonment and rejection. Cause them to turn to you, and find in in you ‘deep compassion’ and ‘everlasting kindness’. Call them back to yourself, Lord, and they will return if you turn them. May they (we) know for sure that through the blood of Christ’s Cross there is lasting peace (v.10).