Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Isaiah 45:14-19
by: Matthew Berg.
As if the people would somehow forget-they certainly did!-Israel needed a reminder in this "return from exile" business: "I am the Lord, there is no other" (v. 18). In this passage, we have a wonderful description of enemies being subdued (by God) so that the people can indeed make this return (v. 14). Israel (God's people) will NOT be put to shame in this endeavor (v. 17). Verse 19 provides another wonderful promise in a return from exile: "Seek Me in a waste place." God will not ask us to return from exile to another place of exile; he has promised to bring us from exile.