several key matters. First, he gives comfort to God’s people by recalling some significant truths about their relationship to God and important reminders about the character of the Lord. Isaiah declares that God is a great and awesome God, greater than the created universe, greater than the nations and their rulers, and greater than all that are called gods (40:12–26). He encourages the people by reminding them that the Lord will give them a marvelous future (40:9–11), that He claims Israel as His
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