Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 49:14

"But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me." — Isaiah 49:14 (ASV)

The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.

When we are glad in the Lord and are singing out our heart's joy, there is almost sure to be someone who sorrowfully sighs, "The Lord has forsaken me."

People say that there was never a feast so well furnished that someone went away unsatisfied, but God will not have it so at His festivals.

Therefore, the rest of the chapter shows how the Lord comforted this poor Zion, whose lamentation and mourning He had heard. Notice how He begins:

But Zion said, the LORD has forsaken me, and my LORD has forgotten me.

We often judge contrary to the truth; and when God is blessing us, we dream that he has forgotten us. Oh, wicked unbelief; cruel unbelief! It robs God of glory; it robs us of comfort. It snatches the song out of our mouth, and fills our soul with groaning: Zion said, the LORD has forsaken me, and my LORD has forgotten me.

But Zion said, –

Hear the lament of the poor Jewish Church, like a castaway left all alone.