Isaiah 44:22

I did away thy wickednesses as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist; turn thou again to me, for I again-bought thee. (I did away thy wickednesses like a cloud, and thy sins like a mist; return thou to me, for I have bought thee back, that is, I have ransomed, or I have redeemed, thee.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

21Thou, Jacob, and Israel, have mind of these things, (or Thou, Jacob, O Israel, remember these things), for thou art my servant; I formed thee, Israel, thou art my servant; thou shalt not forget me.

23Ye heavens, praise, for the Lord hath done mercy; the last parts of [the] earth, sing ye heartily song, (or the ends of the earth, heartily sing ye songs); hills, sound ye praising; the forest, and each tree thereof, praise God; for the Lord again-bought Jacob, and Israel shall have glory.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:43Folks, praise ye the people of him, for he shall venge the blood of his servants, and he shall yield vengeance to the enemies of them; and he shall be merciful to the land of his people. (Nations, praise ye him with his people, for he shall avenge the blood of his servants, and he shall yield vengeance to their enemies; and he shall show mercy to the land of his people.)

Nehemiah 4:5cover thou not the wickedness of them, and their sins be not done away before thy face; for they scorned the builders.

Psalms 51:1To victory, the psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he entered to Bathsheba. God, have thou mercy on me; by thy great mercy. And by the muchliness of thy merciful doings; do thou away my wickedness. ( For the choirmaster, a song by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had slept with Bathsheba. God, have thou mercy on me; because of thy great love. And in the multitude of thy merciful doings; do thou away my wickedness.)

Psalms 103:12As much as the east is from the west; he made [a] far our wickednesses from us.

Psalms 130:8And he shall again-buy Israel; from all the wickednesses thereof. (And he shall redeem the people of Israel; from all their wickednesses.)

Isaiah 1:27Zion shall be again-bought in doom, and they shall bring it again into rightfulness; (Zion shall be redeemed in justice, and they shall bring it back to righteousness;)

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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