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Jesus Remembered You

When God speaks in the book of Isaiah, he makes sweeping promises to a people worn down by their sin. He commits to the restoration of Israel—to answer them, help them, keep them, establish their land, free their prisoners, and feed them (Isa 49:8–12). Because of promises like these, God says, “Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted” (v.13). But God’s people do not respon