Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed

Isaiah 49:14-26

But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.” 

“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!

Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them on, like a bride.

This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I will beckon to the nations, I will lift up my banner to the peoples; they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their hips. Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.

But this is what the Lord says: “Yes, captives will be taken from warriors, and plunder retrieved from the fierce; I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save. I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Why?

The Lord never forgets us, always it is we forget the Lord, forget the grace and mercy of the Lord. We are easy to proud of what we have done. Actually what we can do is under the grace of the Lord.

I know I belong to the Lord and hope in the Lord will not be disappointed. Thanks the Lord.

Like mother and child, how can a mother forget the baby at her breast, so that the Lord never forgets us. Sometimes God trains us, and disciplines us with trouble and distress. Let us know how great is our God.

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當時情況，以色列人聽不進去，認為神已經不管他們了。神絕對不會忘記他的百姓，神有父親的形象，也有母親的慈悲憐憫和愛來描寫耶和華的心情。我將你銘刻在我掌上：刻在手上，是痛的，寧可受傷也要紀念我們。

錫安百姓像新娘一樣熱鬧、美麗且豐富的回來。這麼多兒女歸回多到不敢想這是誰養育的?

列王必作你的養父；王后必作你的乳母。他們必將臉伏地，向你下拜。列國是他們受苦的地方，列王是加害者，今天卻成為祝福者，養育者，且向他們下拜。

你便知道我是耶和華；等候我的必不致羞愧。雖然我們現在還看不出來。如果神幫助我們，誰能抵擋呢?這是激勵我們的經文。

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How?

I know that those who hope in the Lord will not be disappointed.