by Katrina
LINK: Isaiah 48
BACKGROUND
After 70 years of captivity in Babylon, the people of the nation of Judah will be released from that captivity. Although they claimed the name of the Lord, they have clung to their idolatry. They have been very stubborn, and God has sent affliction to teach them to turn from their idols. He has been very patient, though, and not completely destroyed them in order to protect His own name. And now He will free them from captivity for His own glory. (And God refuses to share that glory with any idols.) God also reminds His people of the blessings they missed by their disobedience. Then God will urge them to leave Babylon. It will take some prodding because they will have grown comfortable in Babylon. But there will be some who will return to rebuild the temple and the city of Jerusalem (recorded in the books of Ezra & Nehemiah), and the Lord will provide for them as He provided for the Israelites in the desert with Moses.
An interesting note: The end of verse 16 is a reference to the Trinity - "And now the Lord God (the Father) has sent Me (the Son), and His Spirit (the Holy Spirit)."
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