“Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;”
The divine commitment—'Thus says Yahweh: In a time of favor I have answered you, on a day of salvation I have helped you; I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to inherit the desolate heritages'—asserts that God's salvific timing is determined by God alone, not by human readiness. The phrase 'covenant to the people' identifies the servant as the means through which covenant relationship is renewed. The promise to 'establish the land' and 'inherit desolate heritages' suggests that restoration involves land reclamation. This verse affirms both the timing and the content of salvation.
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