2. Upon the grace manifested to Israel "in the wilderness" God grounds His argument for renewing His favors to them now in their exile; because His covenant is "everlasting" ( :- ), and changes not. The same argument occurs in Hosea 13:5 ; Hosea 13:9 ; Hosea 13:10 ; Hosea 14:4 ; Hosea 14:5 ; Hosea 14:8 . Babylon is fitly compared to the "wilderness," as in both alike Israel was as a stranger far from his appointed "rest" or home, and Babylon is in Isaiah 40:3 called a "desert" (compare Isaiah 40:3- : ). I went to cause him to rest —namely, in the pillar of cloud and fire, the symbol of God's presence, which went before Israel to search a resting-place ( Numbers 10:33 ; Isaiah 63:14 ) for the people, both a temporary one at each halt in the wilderness, and a permanent one in Canaan ( Exodus 33:14 ; Deuteronomy 3:20 ; Joshua 21:44 ; Psalms 95:11 ; Hebrews 3:11 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"
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