After establishing the majesty of His person in chapter 40, the Lord summons all people from the furthermost reaches of the earth to pose a question: "Who stirred up" the Persian Empire to sweep across the landscape as a terrifying and unstoppable plague? The Lord responds: "I, the Lord, the first and the last; I am he."
Here the Lord announces His sovereign purpose to use these idolatrous powers to do His bidding.
The response that the Lord expects from His people (vv. 8-13). We are never to fear or fall away (dismayed) because the Lord will strengthen and sustain His own during the most fearful threats.
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