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22 I will sweep your sins away as if they were a cloud.
    I will blow them away as if they were the morning mist.
Return to me.
    Then I will set you free.”

23 Sing for joy, you heavens!
    The Lord does wonderful things.
Shout out loud, you earth!
    Burst into song, you mountains!
    Sing, you forests and all your trees!
The Lord sets the family of Jacob free.
    He shows his glory in Israel.

People Will Live in Jerusalem Again

24 The Lord says,
    “People of Israel, I set you free.
    I formed you when you were born as a nation.

“I am the Lord. I am the Maker of everything.
    I alone stretch out the heavens.
    I spread out the earth by myself.

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22 I have swept away(A) your offenses like a cloud,
    your sins like the morning mist.
Return(B) to me,
    for I have redeemed(C) you.”

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

Jerusalem to Be Inhabited

24 “This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(J) who formed(K) you in the womb:(L)

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,(M)
    who spreads out the earth(N) by myself,

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