Isaiah 44:23

Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let your voices be loud in song, you mountains, and you woods with all your trees: for the Lord has taken up the cause of Jacob, and will let his glory be seen in Israel.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.

24The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me?

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Cross References

Exodus 18:9And Jethro was glad because the Lord had been good to Israel, freeing them from the power of the Egyptians.

1 Chronicles 16:33Then let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy before the Lord, for he is come to be the judge of the earth.

Psalms 69:34\69:33\For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.

Psalms 89:13\89:12\You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.

Psalms 98:7Let the sea be thundering, with all its waters; the world, and all who are living in it;

Psalms 148:9Mountains and all hills; fruit-trees and all trees of the mountains:

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 44:22-28

Encouragement to the People of God. ( b. c. 708.) 21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. 22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. 23 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… Read the whole commentary →

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