Your ears will hear a word behind you, 'This is the way, walk in it,' whenever you turn to the right or to the left, establishing that the restored people will receive continuous divine guidance and instruction, with God's voice directing their steps. The word behind suggests a constant presence and the immediacy of divine instruction. The guidance to the right and left suggests that no step is taken without divine direction. The oracle promises that the people, having learned through suffering to listen for God's voice, will find themselves continuously guided and directed. The intimate relationship suggested by this verse represents the culmination of covenant restoration: the people living in constant awareness of and responsiveness to God's will.

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