Isaiah 63:9

"For he said, “Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely;” so he became their Savior."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights God's initial trust and covenant with his chosen people, expecting them to remain faithful. Despite this expectation, God fulfills his role as Saviour even when they fail him, demonstrating his steadfast love and willingness to redeem despite human faltering.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

In all their affliction he was afflicted -This is a most beautiful sentiment, meaning that God sympathized with them in all their trials, and that he was ever ready to aid them. This sentiment accords well with the connection; but there has been some doubt whether this is the meaning of the Hebrew. Lowth renders it, as has been already remarked, ‘It was not an envoy, nor an angel of his presence that saved him.’ Noyes, ‘In all their straits they had no distress.’ TheSeptuagint renders it, ‘It was not an ambassador (ου ̓ πρέσβυςoupresbus), nor an angel (οὐδὲ ἄγγελοςoudeangelos), but he him

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