What does Zion say?

Isaiah 49:14 CSB

Zion says, "The LORD has abandoned me; the Lord has forgotten me!"

How many of us have echoed this cry in our hearts when we've experienced some tragedy, illness or grief.

The Jewish people, in particular, have been through many dark periods where it seemed they were abandoned by God.

Those who lost everything during the Holocaust, or even survived, lost their faith in the Lord.

Most recently the October 7 massacre seemingly demonstrated that God had forsaken Zion, the nation of Israel.

What is God's response to this accusation, and to those who have lost or have no faith?

Isaiah 49:15-20 CSB

"Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you. [16] Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. [17] Your builders hurry; those who destroy and devastate you will leave you. [18] Look up, and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As I live"- this is the LORD's declaration- "you will wear all your children as jewelry, and put them on as a bride does. [19] For your waste and desolate places and your land marked by ruins will now be indeed too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away. [20] Yet as you listen, the children that you have been deprived of will say, 'This place is too small for me; make room for me so that I may settle.'

Again, this scripture alludes to Yeshua, it speaks of their names being engraved on the palms of His hands. This indeed looks to the Cross.

Yeshua has glorified scars on His risen body, yes, on His hands. He cannot forget.

He cannot forget Israel - and He cannot forget those who put their trust in Him.