A time of salvation will come when God sets His people free. In the immediate historical context this refers to Cyrus coming and the Israelites being set free. Most importantly it refers to Jesus setting us free through the cross (Romans 5:6). It is also a general principle. God sets us free from all things at the right time. Jesus is the new covenant, He is the guarantee of salvation, He is salvation.
God has sent His Son to set captives free, to bring us into green pastures (Psalm 23). The Lord will bring His people to place of complete peace. No more searing sun and scorching winds. Then there is more talk of mountains being levelled down, and highways being made. In chapter 40 this was to make a way for the king, here it is to make a way for God's people to return to freedom. And they will return from all directions.
There are fulfilments of this in the physical people of Israel, but we can draw more general application as well. Wherever we are, whatever our circumstances, God's plan is to rescue us and bring us to complete freedom.
So our response to all this should be to burst into songs of praise.
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