explained that the other chief, Panapa, head of another tribe, had in previous years killed and eaten Tamati’s father. He added that only the gospel which had given him a new nature could make him eat the same bread and drink the same cup with the murderer of his own father! ‘He is our peace’ (Eph. 2:14)—even now. Finally, Isaiah wants you to understand how unforgotten God’s people are (vv. 10–16). Here we have two footnotes to Isaiah’s previous prophecy, one short (v. 10) and one long (vv. 11–16).
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