After the image of the peaceful king, the prophecy moves on to images ofbattle on the day the Lord saves His people. The ultimate battle will be wonby the Lord Himself who will advance, fire the artillery, and even play themarching music. The outcome will be the honor and the flourishing of Hispeople. They will feast and thrive and have more than enough. At this timein history, we experience wars, conflicts, and all kinds of suffering. This does not escape God‘s notice. He is already leading all of history to its comple-tion, when God Himself will go to battle on behalf of His people, to putan end to hunger and oppression and replace it with glory and abundance.
- P122