NOTES for Isa 49:14-15
In what condition does a person usually say that God has forgotten him? Of course, it is usually the condition of grave sin. It seems that if I have forgotten the Lord, then He has no reason to remember me. In today's Old Testament reading the Lord says that it is impossible for Him to forget His people. He remembers us simply because He loves, without conditions and without explanations.
Each of us chooses life or death, freedom in God or the false freedom of sin. But we know that in reality every sin makes a person a slave. Those who in today's reading are called prisoners and those sitting in darkness made their own choice. But today the Lord does not remind them of this. He simply says: "Come out! Show yourselves! The day of salvation has come!" He hears the voice of those who cry to Him for salvation, and He has mercy and saves, because He is the God who has mercy. This passage is the song of the Lord Himself, who rejoices as He delivers and comforts His people.