Christians should well understand the principle of chastening as applied to themselves. “Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son that He receiveth.” (Hebrews 12:6) So it should not surprise Christians that Israel has been chastened in order to be prepared to be a channel of blessing to the whole world. Almighty God has not abandoned Israel. He will “comfort” them and bring upon them all the “good” he has promised.

“For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.” (Isaiah 51:3)

“For thus saith the LORD; ‘Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.’” (Jeremiah 32:42)