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4) Justice On Earth Promised
To the Jewish nation, in Isaiah 51, again comes the hope that “Yahweh shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.” Isaiah continues and says, “a law shall proceed from me,” (verse 2) and “mine arms shall judge the people, (verse 3) and “the redeemed of Yahweh shall return and come with singing unto Zion.”(verse 11) As in the earlier chapters of Isaiah, there is here again a strong emphasis on the reclamation of the ‘waste places’ of Israel and the establishment of law and peace.
“Also the sons of the strangers that join themselves to Yahweh, to serve Him , and to love the name of Yahweh…even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer…mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people. Yahweh Elohim who gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him.” (Isaiah 56:6-8)
This again takes us back to the early chapters of Isaiah, (eg. Chapter 2) to a vision of peace and of men worshipping the creator in Jerusalem.
The words of Isaiah continue to proclaim that message of hope. “He that puts his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain,” (Isa. 57:13) and “they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations.” (Isa. 58:12) Here again the message is repeated. The land of Israel will be brought back to fruitfulness from generations of neglect and desolation. This promise, as we have seen has been repeated many times in these few chapters that we have referred to. To our readers, we would recommend that they mark in their Bibles every occurrence of a future destiny of peace and revival for this war-torn, polluted and benighted earth, that can be found in this amazing book of hope for all mankind. Isaiah’s emphasis in his book is not on the destruction of this planet, but on its rejuvenation.
As we look around on the magnificence, beauty and wonders of Yahweh Elohim’s creation, surely we must join with the Psalmist in saying ;
“O Yahweh our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth.” (Ps 8:1)
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