98 God Will Return and Bless Israel

Isaiah 43:1 provides comfort to the nation Israel that they will be blessed in the Messianic Era. He says I will redeem you from your sin and tribulation. This chapter begins a new, sudden, and striking change from the last verse of the preceding chapter. Previously the Lord was giving them severe punishment for their seemingly hopeless sins. From the incorrigibility of Israel there, to the glowing promises of comforts of these verses make a noticeable division. Written here in Hebrew poetic form, the poem actually started with chapter 42:1 actually continues unbroken to 43:13. The basis of the promise of comfort to them is His character giving them the free grace of God. The Lord makes it quite clear that He is Israel's Creator and also her Redeemer. He chose them as the nation for His own possession. They were selected as a small group (Deuteronomy 7:7) to bring the scriptures to the world and also His Messiah.