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In This Chapter 3 people 38 terms

People

Israel 3 Jacob (Patriarch) Jeshurun (Israel)

Key Terms

Way of Life 4 Covenant 3 Kindness (Solidarity) 3 Mischief 3 Holy 2 Peace 2 Come On! Covenant (NT) Covenant of Salt Be Kind Kindness (Benevolence) Kindness (Graciousness) Kindness (Affection) Well-Established Be Holy Holy (Pure) Holy Thing Most Holy Place Holiness Holy (Devout) Hallow Sanctuary Forgive (Grant Pardon) Forgive Forgive (Remove Guilt) Spare (Release) Hand Over Forgiveness (Remove Guilt) Forgive (Wipe Out) Forgiveness (Pardon) Have Mercy To Cover (Forgive) Cover (Figurative) Forgiving The Way Way of the Lord (Metaphorical) Way to Live Way of Life

Invitation to the Needy

ⓘ This final chapter of the prophecies of comfort...

This final chapter of the prophecies of comfort (chs 40–55) summarizes the section’s prominent themes: blessing, covenant, witness, word, nations, glory, forgiveness, and joy.
1“Come, all you who are thirsty,come to the waters;and you without money,come, buy, and eat!Come, buy wine and milkwithout money and without cost!2Why spend money on that which is not bread,and your labor on that which does not satisfy?Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
3Incline your ear and come to Me;listen, so that your soul may live.I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.†4Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations,a leader and commander of the peoples.5Surely you will summon a nation you do not know,and nations who do not know you will run to you.For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel,has bestowed glory on you.”
ⓘ The prophet calls for a response while the...

The prophet calls for a response while the time is right.
6Seek the LORD while He may be found;call on Him while He is near.7Let the wicked man forsake his wayand the unrighteous man his thoughts;let him return to the LORD,that He may have compassion,and to our God,for He will freely pardon.
ⓘ My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts: God’s...

My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts: God’s plans are marvelous (Ps 92:5; cp. Ps 94:11). God’s creatures, including humans, can never fully understand the Creator’s thoughts, but his revelation through his messengers gives great insight and knowledge of some of the things he will do.
8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,neither are your ways My ways,”declares the LORD.9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,so My ways are higher than your waysand My thoughts than your thoughts.
ⓘ The Creator not only sends rain and snow...

The Creator not only sends rain and snow but also his word (Hebrew dabar). In this context, dabar means his will or plan (see 14:24; 40:8). God’s written word, as an expression of God’s plan, accomplishes his purposes. God is effective in whatever he does (see 14:26–27; 46:10).
10For just as rain and snow fall from heavenand do not return without watering the earth,making it bud and sprout,and providing seed to sow and food to eat,11so My word that proceeds from My mouthwill not return to Me empty,but it will accomplish what I please,and it will prosper where I send it.
ⓘ The prophet encourages his people to forget the...

The prophet encourages his people to forget the past, to leave Babylon, and to accept the perspective of the coming age.
12You will indeed go out with joyand be led forth in peace;the mountains and hills will burst into song before you,and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.13Instead of the thornbush, the cypress† will grow,and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up;this will make a name for the LORD,an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”