“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Isaiah wrote these words to a people who believed God had abandoned them — exiles whose city had been destroyed, whose temple lay in ruins, who had been carried to a foreign land. The command is in the imperative: do not fear.
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