Isaiah 44:23

Isaiah 44:23

Israel Is Not Forgotten

21 “Remember these, O Jacob,
And Israel, for you are My servant;
I have formed you, you are My servant;
O Israel, you will not be ^aforgotten by Me!

22 ^aI have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions,
And like a cloud, your sins.
Return to Me, for ^bI have redeemed you.”

23 ^aSing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it!
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

24 Thus says the Lord, ^ayour Redeemer,
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;

25 Who ^afrustrates the signs ^bof the babblers,
And drives diviners mad;
Who turns wise men backward,
^cAnd makes their knowledge foolishness;

26 ^aWho confirms the word of His servant,
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;

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Call to inanimate nature to praise God; for it also shall share in the coming deliverance from "the bondage of corruption" (Romans 8:20-21).

done it—effected redemption for both the literal and spiritual Israel.

lower parts, etc.—antithetical to "heavens"; "mountains," "forest," and "tree," are the intermediate objects in a descending gradation (see Psalms 96:11-12).

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