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65:5-8 You Have Shown Us Awesome Deeds. This section recounts some of the awesome deeds God has done for his people; the special focus is the work of creation (which is suited to the occasion: the Creator is the one who has blessed the harvest). The point that the OT often makes is that the Creator of heaven and earth and of all mankind is the hope of all the ends of the earth, i.e., the one true God whom all mankind should worship as their only hope. The marvel is that this universal Creator has chosen a particular people to receive his blessing and care (which itself should bring benefit to the rest of mankind: "to you all flesh shall come" in due course, v. 2).