Isaiah 48:17 meaning and explanation

Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.

Isaiah 48:17, Berean Standard Bible

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In this verse the LORD speaks through Isaiah to the exiles in Babylon, identifying Himself as Israel's Redeemer, the one who buys back and rescues His people. The Hebrew word for Redeemer, go'el, belongs to family law: the nearest relative who pays a debt or avenges a wrong.

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