4:23
There will be a complete turnaround in events. Instead of being a despised people, the people of Israel will be respected by all. “Those who hope in me will not be disappointed”. We all need to remember this, for there are times when this seems to be far from the case, when circumstances seem to say there is no way that this can be true, as indeed was the case with Israel. Yet God’s plans and vision is far greater than ours. we should never lose hope.
4:24-26
Verse 24 stresses the seeming impossibility of the situation: “Can plunder be taken from warriors, or captives be rescued from the fierce?” The rational answer is No, but God’s answer is yes. How and why will this happen? Because the Lord will do it, He will contend with the enemies of Israel, and will save her children. The gospel, faith in God, is not just a moral code, it is also about the God who is actively involved. Things will not turn out well for Israel’s oppressors. If they persist in their rebellion then they will “eat their own flesh” and “be drunk on their own blood”. This seems to be a very bloodthirsty way of putting things to us, but it is in effect saying that the things that they inflicted upon Jerusalem (when these things did happen during the siege) would happen to Babylon.
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