Isaiah 44:22-24

22 "I have ¹wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. ²Return to Me, for I have ³redeemed you."

23 ⁴Shout for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout joyfully, you lower parts of the earth; ⁵Break forth into a shout of joy, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it; For ⁶the LORD has redeemed Jacob And in Israel He ⁷shows forth His glory.

24 Thus says the LORD, your ⁸Redeemer, and the one who ⁹formed you from the womb, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, ¹⁰Stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all * alone *,

Isaiah 44:22-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 44

In this chapter the Lord comforts his people with the promise of the effusion of his Spirit, and the blessings of his grace upon them; the consequence of which would be fruitfulness in them, and the conversion of others, who should profess themselves the Lord's people, Isa 44:1-5, he proves his deity in opposition to all false gods from his eternity, omniscience, and foretelling future events, Isa 44:6-8, exposes the stupidity of idol makers and the worshippers of them, Isa 44:9-20, makes gracious promises of the remembrance of his people, the remission of their sins, and their redemption by Christ, Isa 44:21-23, of which redemption from Babylon was a type; and of that assurance is given, from the Lord's creating all things by his power; from his frustrating and infatuating diviners and wise men; from his fulfilling his predictions delivered by his prophets; and from his mentioning by name the instrument of their redemption, Cyrus, Isa 44:24-28, which makes way for a particular prophecy concerning him in the next chapter.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 51:1, 9; Isaiah 43:25; Acts 3:19
• 2. Isaiah 31:6; Isaiah 55:7
• 3. Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 48:20; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 1:18, 19
• 4. Psalms 69:34; Psalms 96:11, 12; Isaiah 42:10; Isaiah 49:13
• 5. Psalms 98:7, 8; Psalms 148:7, 9; Isaiah 55:12
• 6. Isaiah 43:1
• 7. Isaiah 49:3; Isaiah 61:3
• 8. Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 43:14
• 9. Isaiah 44:2
• 10. Isaiah 40:22; Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 45:12, 18; Isaiah 51:13

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "cloud"
• [b]. Or "who was with Me?"