21 “Remember(A) these things, Jacob,
    for you, Israel, are my servant.(B)
I have made you, you are my servant;(C)
    Israel, I will not forget you.(D)
22 I have swept away(E) your offenses like a cloud,
    your sins like the morning mist.
Return(F) to me,
    for I have redeemed(G) you.”

23 Sing for joy,(H) you heavens, for the Lord has done this;
    shout aloud, you earth(I) beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,(J)
    you forests and all your trees,(K)
for the Lord has redeemed(L) Jacob,
    he displays his glory(M) in Israel.

Jerusalem to Be Inhabited

24 “This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(N) who formed(O) you in the womb:(P)

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,(Q)
    who spreads out the earth(R) by myself,
25 who foils(S) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,(T)
who overthrows the learning of the wise(U)
    and turns it into nonsense,(V)
26 who carries out the words(W) of his servants
    and fulfills(X) the predictions of his messengers,

who says of Jerusalem,(Y) ‘It shall be inhabited,’
    of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,’
    and of their ruins,(Z) ‘I will restore them,’(AA)
27 who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry,
    and I will dry up(AB) your streams,’
28 who says of Cyrus,(AC) ‘He is my shepherd
    and will accomplish all that I please;
he will say of Jerusalem,(AD) “Let it be rebuilt,”
    and of the temple,(AE) “Let its foundations(AF) be laid.”’

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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 Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

24 Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

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