God is offering life, He is offering food to hungry and drink to the thirsty. Remember that Jesus referred to Himself as the bread of life (John 6:35), and said that anyone who comes to Him will not go thirsty (John 4:13,14). And this food and drink has been paid for by Jesus, it costs us nothing. The offer of life is open to all.
But instead we so often spend money, time and effort on things that ultimately do not satisfy. Israel had chased after many things. She had tried many ways of ensuring her safety. She had made alliances with various nations, worshiped all sorts of idols, tried various military and economic strategies. None of them had worked. Here she was desolate and in exile.
Yet the offer of the choicest of fare was being made to her. We need to realise that this is the offer of salvation that God makes. It is not just to make things a little less bad, but to give us the best. In John 10:10 Jesus said He came to give us life and life to the full.
How would this happen? Well God would make an everlasting covenant with us. Again remember that Jesus talked of His blood being the blood of the new covenant (Luke 22:20). Then there is reference to a person who is a "witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander". This Jesus. Jesus is the new covenant.
And this salvation will go out to many nations. Instead of being despised by the nations, they would come running to them wanting to know who Jesus is. For when a people turn to Christ they are endowed with splendour.
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