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Not expeted

The redemption just pictured was contrary to Zion’s expectations

Zion belived God had forsaken her (she could not secure her own deliverance)

Who is addressed

Zion rather designates the chosen people, whose great city is Zion, the capital and center of the true religion

The cry is one of not believing in God’s promise of deliverence that was just uttered

God’s Response 15ff

Rhetorical Question which a negative answer is unthinkable - the love a a mother for her child - Solomon

The child demands attention and affection day and night

Not just a child but a nursing child - complete dependance

The unthinkable can happen - a mother can forget a child

Think about what happens when Israel is under seige (both by Babylon and Rome)

But the true unthinkable cannot happen - the LORD DOES NOT FORGET OR FORSAKE

Written on teh Palms of Hands 16

“A Debtor to Mercy Alone”

Ezekiel 4:1 ESV

1 “And you, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem.

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Builders/Son

Destroyers/ they left us

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Behold you sons are returning

The Book of Isaiah: Volume 3, Chapters 40–66 Chapter Forty-Nine

The true beauty of the Church is found in the work of grace in the hearts of believers. “But the true dignity of the Church is internal, so far as it consists of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and of progressive faith and piety” (Calvin).

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