Isa 49:23 | TNotes | STEP | 49:23 you will know that I am the Lord : The stunning role-reversal—kings and queens serving the lowly exiles upon their return—would reveal God’s power to do the unimaginable (see also 60:16 ). • The godly would experience temporary disgrace in the Exile but would not ultimately be put to shame , as the idolaters and ungodly were.

‏ Isaiah 49:23

49:23 ^a you will know that I am the Lord: The stunning role-reversal—kings and queens serving the lowly exiles upon their return—would reveal God’s power to do the unimaginable (see also 60:16 ^b).

• The godly would experience temporary disgrace in the Exile but would not ultimately be put to shame, as the idolaters and ungodly were.