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Isaiah 44

Isa. 44:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have blotted out
machah (Hebrew #4229)
properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to
KJV usage: abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, X utterly, wipe (away, out).
Pronounce: maw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
v, as a thick cloud
`ab (Hebrew #5645)
from 5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chron. 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
KJV usage: clay, (thick) cloud, X thick, thicket. Compare 5672.
Pronounce: awb
Origin: (masculine and feminine)
, thy transgressions
pesha` (Hebrew #6588)
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
KJV usage: rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
Pronounce: peh'-shah
Origin: from 6586
, and, as a cloud
`anan (Hebrew #6051)
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
KJV usage: cloud(-y).
Pronounce: aw-nawn'
Origin: from 6049
, thy sins
chatta'ah (Hebrew #2403)
from 2398; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
KJV usage: punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
Pronounce: khat-taw-aw'
Origin: or chattacth {khat-tawth'}
: return
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
unto me; for I have redeemed
ga'al (Hebrew #1350)
a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
KJV usage: X in any wise, X at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.
Pronounce: gaw-al'
y thee.
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Isa. 1:18• 18Come now, let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isa. 1:18)
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Psa. 103:12• 12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. (Psa. 103:12)
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1 Cor. 6:20• 20for ye have been bought with a price: glorify now then God in your body. (1 Cor. 6:20)
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1 Peter 1:18• 18knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible things, as silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from your fathers, (1 Peter 1:18)
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Rev. 5:9• 9And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed to God, by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, (Rev. 5:9)

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blotted.
Isa. 1:18• 18Come now, let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isa. 1:18)
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Isa. 43:25• 25--I, I am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and I will not remember thy sins. (Isa. 43:25)
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Neh. 4:5• 5And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders. (Neh. 4:5)
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Psa. 51:1,9• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
 9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. (Psa. 51:1,9)
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Psa. 103:12• 12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. (Psa. 103:12)
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Psa. 109:14• 14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out; (Psa. 109:14)
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Jer. 18:23• 23And thou, Jehovah, knowest all their counsel against me to slay me. Forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee: deal with them in the time of thine anger. (Jer. 18:23)
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Jer. 33:8• 8And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me, and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and whereby they have transgressed against me. (Jer. 33:8)
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Acts 3:19• 19Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, (Acts 3:19)
as a thick.
Job 37:11• 11Also with plentiful moisture he loadeth the thick clouds, his light dispels the cloud; (Job 37:11)
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Lam. 3:42‑44• 42We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
 43Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.
 44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through. (Lam. 3:42‑44)
return.
Isa. 1:27• 27Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and they that return of her with righteousness. (Isa. 1:27)
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Isa. 43:1• 1But now thus saith Jehovah, that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. (Isa. 43:1)
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Isa. 48:20• 20Go ye forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing; declare, cause this to be heard, utter it to the end of the earth; say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob. (Isa. 48:20)
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Isa. 51:11• 11So the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (Isa. 51:11)
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Isa. 59:20‑21• 20And the Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.
 21And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever. (Isa. 59:20‑21)
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Jer. 3:1,12‑14• 1They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Would not that land be utterly polluted? But thou hast committed fornication with many lovers; yet return to me, saith Jehovah.
 12Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah: I will not make my face dark upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah; I will not keep anger for ever.
 13Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah.
 14Return, backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you, and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion. (Jer. 3:1,12‑14)
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Hos. 14:1‑4• 1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
 2Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive us graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips.
 3Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Thou art our God; because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
 4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him. (Hos. 14:1‑4)
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Luke 1:73‑74• 73the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
 74to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear (Luke 1:73‑74)
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Acts 3:18‑19• 18but God has thus fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer.
 19Repent therefore and be converted, for the blotting out of your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, (Acts 3:18‑19)
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1 Cor. 6:20• 20for ye have been bought with a price: glorify now then God in your body. (1 Cor. 6:20)
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Titus 2:12‑14• 12teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,
 13awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
 14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works. (Titus 2:12‑14)
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1 Peter 1:18‑19• 18knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible things, as silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from your fathers,
 19but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ, (1 Peter 1:18‑19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.