Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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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