22. I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions,and, as a cloud, your sins.Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
23. Sing, you heavens, for the Lord has done it!Shout, you lower parts of the earth!Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees,for the Lord has redeemed Jacob,and will glorify himself in Israel.
24. the Lord, your Redeemer,and he who formed you from the womb says:“I am the Lord, who makes all things;who alone stretches out the heavens;who spreads out the earth by myself;
25. who frustrates the signs of the liars,and makes diviners mad;who turns wise men backward,and makes their knowledge foolish;
26. who confirms the word of his servant,and performs the counsel of his messengers;who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’
27. who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’and ‘I will dry up your rivers;’
28. Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”