Isaiah 43:1–7 first comforts Israel with the assurance that, though judgment is deserved, Yahweh has not abandoned His covenant people. The exiles would hear in this promise the certainty of literal return from captivity, for no direction of the earth could hold back those whom Yahweh had redeemed. Yet in Christ this promise expands to its fullest covenantal horizon: God gathers His elect from every nation, east and west, north and south. Therefore the church today, scattered throughout the world and often passing through many afflictions, is comforted by the same covenant truth — “You are Mine.” The God who redeemed His people will gather His people, and not one will be lost.

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