Isaiah 63:8
For He said, “They are surely My people,
What it says
God identified Israel as His true people and became their Savior.
What it is doing
This verse recalls the covenant relation that makes the later lament so painful.
In context
7I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion 8For He said, “They are surely My people, 9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, 10But they rebelled 11Then His people remembered the days of old, 12who sent His glorious arm 13who led them through the depths 14Like cattle going down to the valley,