22 “I have (A)wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud
And your sins like a [a]heavy mist.
(B)Return to Me, for I have (C)redeemed you.”
23 (D)Shout for joy, O heavens, for the Lord has done it!
Shout joyfully, you lower parts of the earth;
(E)Break forth into a shout of joy, you mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it;
For (F)the Lord has redeemed Jacob
And in Israel He (G)shows forth His glory.

24 Thus says the Lord, your (H)Redeemer, and the one who (I)formed you from the womb,

“I, the Lord, am the maker of all things,
(J)Stretching out the heavens by Myself
And spreading out the earth [b]all alone,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:22 Or cloud
  2. Isaiah 44:24 Or who was with Me?

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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