This is what the Lord says:

‘The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,
    and those tall Sabeans –
they will come over to you
    and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you,
    coming over to you in chains.
They will bow down before you
    and plead with you, saying,
“Surely God is with you, and there is no other;
    there is no other god.”’

We may well think about the magi, coming to worship Jesus.

‘We have now reached one of the grandest moments in the book. Cyrus fades into the background and the whole scene is dominated by the uniqueness and glory of the one who has chosen to use him. This magnificent poem reverts to the thought of 45:6-7 and develops it. The LORD alone is God, and salvation is to be found in no-one else.’ Barry Webb: ‘Isaiah’, p.185.

The embattled Jewish exiles in Babylon will one day be ”…the head, and not the tail” (Dt.28:13). Although the imagery used here is commercial and military, what we witness is the outcome of an intensely spiritual battle. It represents the final triumph of the truth of God. The Kingdom of God will ultimately prove victorious over every enemy.

PRAYER: Lord God, I want to pray today that your presence will so fill your people individually, and your church corporately, that many who do not know you will be drawn to you, in us.