22 I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,(A)
and your sins like a mist.
Return to me,(B)
for I have redeemed you.(C)
23 Rejoice, heavens,(D) for the Lord has acted;
shout, depths of the earth.
Break out into singing, mountains,
forest, and every tree in it.
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
and glorifies himself through Israel.(E)

Restoration of Israel through Cyrus

24 This is what the Lord, your Redeemer(F) who formed you from the womb,(G) says:

I am the Lord, who made everything;
who stretched out the heavens by myself;(H)
who alone spread out the earth;

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22 I have swept away(A) your offenses like a cloud,
    your sins like the morning mist.
Return(B) to me,
    for I have redeemed(C) you.”

23 Sing for joy,(D) you heavens, for the Lord has done this;
    shout aloud, you earth(E) beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,(F)
    you forests and all your trees,(G)
for the Lord has redeemed(H) Jacob,
    he displays his glory(I) in Israel.

Jerusalem to Be Inhabited

24 “This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(J) who formed(K) you in the womb:(L)

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,(M)
    who spreads out the earth(N) by myself,

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