Cast off for thy unfaithfulness

Verse 1
Cast off for thy unfaithfulness,
Thy God had left thee in distress,
A wife of youth condemn’d to mourn,
But scattering all thy grief and pain,
Thy husband comforts thee again,
I bid thee to my arms return.

Verse 2
I frown’d for a small moment’s space,
Hid in a little wrath my face,
But will with mercies great receive;
I will thy full Redeemer come,
Gather thee to thine heavenly home,
And everlastingly forgive.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “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. For a small moment have I forsaken thee, &c.”—[Isa.] liv. 6, 7, 8. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 441.
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