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Podcast: A New Voice of Freedom
Episode: Season 6, Podcast 108, Isaiah 49:1-26, “I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands.”
Description: Season 6, Podcast 108, Isaiah 49:1-26, “I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands.”Isaiah 48 stands in antithetical parallelism to Isaiah 49. Isaiah 48 was rather bleak. It condemns Israel, “thou art obstinate, and thy neck is iron sinew, and thy brow brass.” He calls them hypocrites. They “swear by the name of the lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.” They turn to idols rather than to God. He commands them to “Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans.” The Lord still reached out to them, but the...