50:4-7

• Repentant Israelites would weep for joy when Jehovah released them from captivity

• They would acknowledge their covenant with him anew and make the long journey back to Jerusalem to restore true worship

  

50:29, 39

• Arrogant Babylon would not go unpunished for its excessive cruelty to Jehovah’s people

• As prophesied, Babylon became an uninhabited wasteland