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Return to me, for I have redeemed you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/44.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I have swept away your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist. Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/44.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/44.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/44.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/44.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, And like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/44.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I have wiped out your wrongdoings like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/44.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/44.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud, And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/44.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a cloud. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/44.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/44.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/44.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/44.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/44.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Turn back to me! I have rescued you and swept away your sins as though they were clouds. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/44.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/44.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I made your rebellious acts disappear like a thick cloud and your sins like the morning mist. Come back to me, because I have reclaimed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/44.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I have swept your sins away like a cloud. Come back to me; I am the one who saves you." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/44.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I've wiped away your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist. Return to me; because I've redeemed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/44.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/44.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/44.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/44.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as a cloud, thy sins: return to me; for I have redeemed thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/44.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/44.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I have blotted out, as [by] a thick cloud, "" Your transgressions, "" And as [by] a cloud, your sins, "" Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/44.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I have blotted out, as by a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as by a cloud thy sins, Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/44.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I wiped away as a cloud thy transgressions, and as a cloud thy sins: turn back to me for I redeemed thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/44.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/44.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I have wiped away your iniquities like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to me, because I have redeemed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/44.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I have brushed away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like a mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/44.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/44.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I have blotted out your iniquities as a thick mist, and your sins as a cloud; return to me, for I have saved you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/44.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I have put away your evil as thick darkness and your sins as a cloud. Turn to me, for I have redeemed you!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/44.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, And, as a cloud, thy sins; Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/44.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For behold, I have blotted out as a cloud thy transgressions, and thy sin as darkness: turn to me, and I will redeem thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=9918" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/44.htm">Jerusalem to Be Restored</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21</span>Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4229.htm" title="4229: mā·ḥî·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to.">I have blotted out</a> <a href="/hebrew/6588.htm" title="6588: pə·šā·‘e·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Transgression. From pasha'; a revolt.">your transgressions</a> <a href="/hebrew/5645.htm" title="5645: ḵā·‘āḇ (Prep-k, Art:: N-cs) -- Dark cloud, cloud mass, thicket. ">like a cloud,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭō·w·ṯe·ḵā (N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">and your sins</a> <a href="/hebrew/6051.htm" title="6051: wə·ḵe·‘ā·nān (Conj-w, Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A cloud mass, cloud. From anan; a cloud, i.e. The nimbus or thunder-cloud.">like a mist.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: šū·ḇāh (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">Return</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to Me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1350.htm" title="1350: ḡə·’al·tî·ḵā (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To redeem, act as kinsman. A primitive root, to redeem, i.e. To be the next of kin.">I have redeemed you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-12.htm">Psalm 103:12</a></span><br />As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-19</a></span><br />Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a></span><br />No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-12.htm">Hebrews 8:12</a></span><br />For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a></span><br />Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13-14</a></span><br />When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses, / having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a></span><br />“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-19.htm">2 Corinthians 5:19</a></span><br />that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a></span><br />In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-7.htm">Romans 4:7-8</a></span><br />“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered. / Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a></span><br />I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-1.htm">Psalm 51:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. / Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-9.htm">Daniel 9:9</a></span><br />To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-28.htm">Matthew 26:28</a></span><br />This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you.</p><p class="hdg">blotted</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a></b></br> Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a></b></br> I, <i>even</i> I, <i>am</i> he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/4-5.htm">Nehemiah 4:5</a></b></br> And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked <i>thee</i> to anger before the builders.</p><p class="hdg">as a thick</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/37-11.htm">Job 37:11</a></b></br> Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-42.htm">Lamentations 3:42-44</a></b></br> We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned… </p><p class="hdg">return</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-27.htm">Isaiah 1:27</a></b></br> Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1</a></b></br> But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called <i>thee</i> by thy name; thou <i>art</i> mine.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20</a></b></br> Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it <i>even</i> to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/6-33.htm">Blotted</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-27.htm">Heavy</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-21.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-18.htm">Mist</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-13.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Offenses</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">Redeemed</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-23.htm">Swept</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-3.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Transgressions</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-14.htm">Wiped</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Blotted</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-8.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-12.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-7.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-1.htm">Heavy</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-8.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Mist</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-4.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-12.htm">Offenses</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">Redeemed</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-1.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Swept</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-9.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-1.htm">Transgressions</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Wiped</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 44</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/44-1.htm">God comforts the church with his promises</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/44-7.htm">The vanity of idols</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">And folly of idol makers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/44-21.htm">He exhorts to praise God for his redemption and omnipotence</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient Israel, clouds were often seen as temporary and passing, symbolizing how God can make sins disappear. The imagery of a cloud suggests something that obscures but is not permanent, indicating that transgressions, though serious, can be removed by divine intervention. This aligns with the sacrificial system in the Old Testament, where offerings were made to atone for sins. The concept of blotting out transgressions is also seen in <a href="/psalms/51.htm">Psalm 51:1</a>, where David asks God to blot out his iniquities, highlighting the theme of divine mercy.<p><b>and your sins like a mist</b><br>The comparison to mist further illustrates the temporary nature of sin when confronted with God's forgiveness. Mist dissipates quickly with the sun, just as sins are removed by God's grace. This reflects the cultural understanding of sin as something that can be cleansed, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/16.htm">Leviticus 16</a> with the Day of Atonement rituals. The imagery of mist also connects to the New Testament, where Jesus' sacrifice is seen as the ultimate act of redemption, permanently removing sin (<a href="/hebrews/9-26.htm">Hebrews 9:26</a>).<p><b>Return to Me</b><br>This is a call to repentance and restoration of the relationship between God and His people. The invitation to return is a recurring theme in the prophetic books, emphasizing God's desire for reconciliation. In the historical context, Israel often strayed from God, turning to idolatry and other nations for security. This call echoes the covenant relationship established at Sinai, where God promised to be their God if they would be His people (<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>). The call to return is also seen in the New Testament, where Jesus invites sinners to come to Him (<a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28</a>).<p><b>for I have redeemed you</b><br>Redemption here refers to God's act of delivering His people from bondage, both physical and spiritual. Historically, this would remind the Israelites of their deliverance from Egypt, a foundational event in their identity as God's chosen people. The term "redeemed" is rich with meaning, involving the payment of a price to secure freedom, which foreshadows the ultimate redemption through Christ's sacrifice on the cross (<a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18-19</a>). This phrase assures believers of God's commitment to their salvation and His power to restore them fully.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book bearing his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah and is known for his messages of both judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The primary audience of Isaiah's message. In this context, Israel represents God's chosen people who have strayed from Him but are called to return.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, God is portrayed as a redeemer who offers forgiveness and calls His people back to Himself.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/transgressions_and_sins.htm">Transgressions and Sins</a></b><br>These represent the moral and spiritual failings of the people of Israel, which have distanced them from God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/redemption.htm">Redemption</a></b><br>A key theme in this passage, indicating God's act of delivering His people from the consequences of their sins.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_god's_forgiveness.htm">The Nature of God's Forgiveness</a></b><br>God's forgiveness is complete and transformative, likened to the dispersal of a cloud or mist. This imagery suggests that our sins, once forgiven, are no longer visible or held against us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_return.htm">The Call to Return</a></b><br>God’s invitation to "return to Me" is a call to repentance and restoration. It emphasizes that redemption is not just a past event but an ongoing relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_assurance_of_redemption.htm">The Assurance of Redemption</a></b><br>Redemption is a central theme, highlighting that God has already acted to redeem His people. This assurance should inspire confidence and gratitude in believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_response_of_faith.htm">The Response of Faith</a></b><br>Our response to God's forgiveness and redemption should be one of faith and obedience. Returning to God involves a change of heart and a commitment to live according to His will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_44.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 44</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_simon_doubt_jesus'_acceptance.htm">What does 'Blot Out Our Transgressions' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'blot_out'_mean.htm">What does "Blot Out Our Transgressions" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_'restore_my_soul'.htm">What is the meaning of "Restore My Soul"?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_49_7_align_with_jesus'_ransom.htm">In Psalm 49:7, it states no one can redeem another—how does this align with later claims that Jesus pays humanity’s ransom? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/44.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">I have blotted out, as a thick cloud.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">mist. </span>The Authorised Version half suggests the idea that it is the cloud that hides the sins from view. What is meant is that the sins of Israel are put away, as the sun and wind drive away the mists and fogs (<a href="/job/30-15.htm" title="Terrors are turned on me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passes away as a cloud.">Job 30:15</a>); and that this is, in idea at least, if not in time, prior to the conversion as that which makes it possible.<span class= "bld"><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/44.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I have blotted out... thy sins</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a>). The promise there made is here represented as having its fulfilment. Before God reverses his sentence and restores his people, he must first forgive them. <span class="cmt_word">As a thick cloud... as a cloud</span>. It would be better to translate, <span class="accented">as a cloud</span>... <span class="accented">as a thick cloud.</span> The latter of the two Hebrew words used is the more emphatic. Return unto me. This is an underlying condition, both of restoration and of forgiveness. Only the penitent can be received back into favour. The knowledge, however, that God has, in his counsels, "redeemed" his people generally, may act as a stimulus on individuals to repent and turn to him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/44-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I have blotted out</span><br /><span class="heb">מָחִ֤יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ḥî·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4229.htm">Strong's 4229: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your transgressions</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּשָׁעֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(pə·šā·‘e·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6588.htm">Strong's 6588: </a> </span><span class="str2">Transgression</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a cloud,</span><br /><span class="heb">כָעָב֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḵā·‘āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5645.htm">Strong's 5645: </a> </span><span class="str2">An envelope, darkness, a, cloud, a copse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your sins</span><br /><span class="heb">חַטֹּאותֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaṭ·ṭō·w·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a mist.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכֶעָנָ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵe·‘ā·nān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6051.htm">Strong's 6051: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Return</span><br /><span class="heb">שׁוּבָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(šū·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Me,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have redeemed you.</span><br /><span class="heb">גְאַלְתִּֽיךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḡə·’al·tî·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1350.htm">Strong's 1350: </a> </span><span class="str2">To redeem, act as kinsman</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/44-22.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out as a thick (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/44-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 44:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 44:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 44:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 44:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>