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22 I have removed the guilt of your sins,
    like the wind blows away a cloud.
When you turned against me,
    I have quickly forgiven you.
Return to me now,
    because I have rescued you.’
23 Sing aloud with joy, you heavens above us,
    because the Lord has done it!
Shout as loudly as you can,
    places deep below the earth.
You mountains, sing with joy,
    and you forests and trees as well!
Be happy, because the Lord has redeemed his people.
He has rescued the Israelites, Jacob's descendants,
    to show how great he is.

24 The Lord is your Redeemer. He took care of you before you were born. He says,

‘I am the Lord. I made everything.
    I alone hung up the sky like a curtain.
I made the whole earth by myself.

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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.

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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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