21 Remember these things, Jacob,

and Israel, for you are my servant;

I formed you, you are my servant;

Israel, you will never be forgotten by me.F,e

22 I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,f

and your sins like a mist.

Return to me,g

for I have redeemed you.h

23 Rejoice, heavens,i 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.j

RESTORATION OF ISRAEL THROUGH CYRUS

24 This is what the Lord, your Redeemerk who formed you from the womb,l says:

I am the Lord, who made everything;

who stretched out the heavens by myself;m

who alone spread out the earth;