here to the wilderness remind God’s people that he will come again as he did that first time. Isaiah added a further thought. Just as the glory of the Lord appeared to the people of the exodus in order to lead them and assure them of his presence, so “the glory of the LORD will be revealed” once again. The same God will work deliverance. Of course, this is a poetic and prophetic picture, not a literal one. We do not look for the Lord’s return in some remote wilderness, but we do wait for him, and