21“Remember these things, Jacob, for you, Israel, are my servant.I have made you, you are my servant; Israel, I will not forget you.22I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist.Return to me, for I have redeemed you.” 23Sing for joy, you heavens, for the Lord has done this; shout aloud, you earth beneath.Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees,for the Lord has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel. Jerusalem to Be Inhabited24“This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb:I am the Lord, the Maker of all things, who stretches out the heavens, who spreads out the earth by myself,
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