aA deceived heart has turned him aside;
And he cannot deliver his soul,
Nor say, “Is there not a blie in my right hand?”
Israel Is Not Forgotten
And Israel, for you are My servant;
I have formed you, you are My servant;
O Israel, you will not be aforgotten by Me!
And like a cloud, your sins.
Return to Me, for bI have redeemed you.”
Shout, you lower parts of the earth;
Break forth into singing, you mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And bglorified Himself in Israel.
Judah Will Be Restored
And bHe who formed you from the womb:
“I am the Lord, who makes all things,
cWho stretches out the heavens1 all alone,
Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;
And drives diviners mad;
Who turns wise men backward,
cAnd makes their knowledge foolishness;
And performs the counsel of His messengers;
Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’
To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’
And I will raise up her waste places;
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Isaiah 44:22
blotted out—the debt of thy sin from the account-book in which it was entered (Exodus 32:32-33; Revelation 20:12).
as a thick cloud—scattered away by the wind (Psalms 103:12).
as a cloud—a descending gradation. Not only the "thick cloud" of the heavier "transgressions," but the "cloud" ("vapor" [LOWTH], not so dense, but covering the sky as a mist) of the countless "sins." These latter, though not thought much of by man, need, as much as the former, to be cleared away by the Sun of righteousness; else they will be a mist separating us from heaven (Psalms 19:12-13; I John 1:7-9).
return . . . for—The antecedent redemption is the ground of, and motive to, repentance. We do not repent in order that He may redeem us, but because He hath redeemed us (Zechariah 12:10; Luke 24:47; Acts 3:18-19). He who believes in his being forgiven cannot but love (Luke 7:43, Luke 7:47).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 44:22:
Job 30:15
Song of Solomon 2:11
Isaiah 43:25
Isaiah 48:20
Lamentations 3:44
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