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Isaiah 44:22–24

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44:22I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud,

the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud.35

Come back to me, for I protect36 you.”

44:23Shout for joy, O sky, for the Lord intervenes;37

shout out, you subterranean regions38 of the earth.

O mountains, give a joyful shout;

you too, O forest and all your trees!39

For the Lord protects40 Jacob;

he reveals his splendor through Israel.41

The Lord Empowers Cyrus

44:24This is what the Lord, your protector,42 says,

the one who formed you in the womb:

“I am the Lord, who made everything,

who alone stretched out the sky,

who fashioned the earth all by myself,43

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Isaiah 44:22: I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Footnotes

  1. 35 Heb “I blot out like a cloud your rebellious deeds, and like a cloud your sins.” “Rebellious deeds” and “sins” stand by metonymy for the guilt they produce. Both עָב (’av) and עָנָן (’anan) refer to the clouds in the sky. It is tempting for stylistic purposes to translate the second with “fog” or “mist” (cf. , “cloud … mist”; “cloud … morning mist”; “morning mists … clouds”), but this distinction between the synonyms is unwarranted here. The point of the simile seems to be this: The Lord forgives their sins, causing them to vanish just as clouds disappear from the sky (see Job 7:9; 30:15).
  2. 36 Heb “redeem.” See the note at .
  3. 37 Heb “acts”; , “has done it”; “has done this wondrous thing.”
  4. 38 Heb “lower regions.” This refers to Sheol and forms a merism with “sky” in the previous line. See Pss 63:9; 71:20.
  5. 39 Heb “O forest and all the trees in it”; , “and every tree in it.”
  6. 40 Heb “redeems.” See the note at .
  7. 41 That is, by delivering Israel. Cf. “showed his glory when he saved Israel”; “has shown his greatness by saving his people Israel.”
  8. 42 Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at .
  9. 43 The consonantal text (Kethib) has “Who [was] with me?” The marginal reading (Qere) is “from with me,” i.e., “by myself.” See 87 II אֵת 4.c.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud

and your sins like mist;

return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it;

shout, O depths of the earth;

break forth into singing, O mountains,

O forest, and every tree in it!

For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,

and will be glorified in Israel.

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,

who formed you from the womb:

“I am the Lord, who made all things,

who alone stretched out the heavens,

who spread out the earth by myself,

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I have swept away your offenses like a cloud,

your sins like the morning mist.

Return to me,

for I have redeemed you.”

Sing for joy, you heavens, for the Lord has done this;

shout aloud, you earth beneath.

Burst into song, you mountains,

you forests and all your trees,

for the Lord has redeemed Jacob,

he displays his glory in Israel.

“This is what the Lord says—

your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb:

I am the Lord,

the Maker of all things,

who stretches out the heavens,

who spreads out the earth by myself,

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,

and your sins like a mist.

Return to me,

for I have redeemed you.

Rejoice, heavens, 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.

This is what the Lord, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb, says:

I am the Lord, who made everything;

who stretched out the heavens by myself;

who alone spread out the earth;

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

I have swept away your sins like a cloud.

I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist.

Oh, return to me,

for I have paid the price to set you free.”

Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done this wondrous thing.

Shout for joy, O depths of the earth!

Break into song,

O mountains and forests and every tree!

For the Lord has redeemed Jacob

and is glorified in Israel.

This is what the Lord says—

your Redeemer and Creator:

“I am the Lord, who made all things.

I alone stretched out the heavens.

Who was with me

when I made the earth?

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have wiped your transgressions out like a cloud

and your sins like mist.

Return to me,

for I have redeemed you!”

Sing for joy, heavens, for Yahweh has done it!

Shout, depths of the earth!

Break forth, mountains, in rejoicing,

forest and every tree in it,

for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob,

and he will show his glory in Israel!

Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer,

and he who formed you in the womb:

“I am Yahweh, who made everything,

who stretched out the heavens alone,

who spread out the earth—who was with me?—

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions,

And, as a cloud, thy sins:

Return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it:

Shout, ye lower parts of the earth:

Break forth into singing, ye mountains,

O forest, and every tree therein:

For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob,

And glorified himself in Israel.

Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer,

And he that formed thee from the womb,

I am the Lord that maketh all things;

That stretcheth forth the heavens alone;

That spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

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