Isaiah 44:22

I have swept away thy peysha'im like a cloud, 1 and like an anan, thy chattot; 1 Shuva elai ki gealticha (return, turn back to Me, for I have redeemed thee). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King 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.

In Context

21Remember these things, O Ya'akov and Yisroel; 1 for thou art avdi; 1 I have formed thee; thou art an eved to Me; 1 O Yisroel, do not forget Me! 1

23Sing for joy, O ye Shomayim; for Hashem hath done it; 1 shout, ye depths of the earth; 1 break forth into singing, ye harim, 1 O ya'ar (forest), and kol etz therein; 1 for Hashem hath redeemed Ya'akov, 1 and He will glorify Himself in Yisroel. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, O ye Goyim, with His people: 1 for He will avenge the dahm of His avadim, 1 and will render nakam (vengeance) to His adversaries, 1 and will make kapporah for the land of His people.

Nehemiah 4:5And our adversaries said, They shall have no da'as, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the melachah (work) to cease.

Psalms 51:1(For the one directing. Mizmor Dovid.

Psalms 103:12As far as the mizrach (east) is from the ma'arav (west), 1 so far hath He removed peysha'einu (our transgressions) from us. 1

Psalms 130:8And He shall redeem Yisroel from all his iniquities.

Isaiah 1:27Tziyon shall be redeemed with mishpat, 1 and those in her who make teshuvah with tzedakah. 1

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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