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20 He feeds on ashes; a deceived mind[a] misleads him.
    And he cannot save himself,[b] and he cannot say,
        “Is this not an illusion in my right hand?”

Yahweh Remembers Israel

21 “Remember these things, Jacob,
    and Israel, for you are my servant:
I formed you; you are my servant;
    Israel, you will not be forgotten by me!
22 I have wiped your transgressions out like a cloud
    and your sins like mist.
Return to me,
    for I have redeemed you!”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:20 Literally “heart deceived”
  2. Isaiah 44:20 Literally “his soul”

20 Such a person feeds on ashes;(A) a deluded(B) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?(C)

21 “Remember(D) these things, Jacob,
    for you, Israel, are my servant.(E)
I have made you, you are my servant;(F)
    Israel, I will not forget you.(G)
22 I have swept away(H) your offenses like a cloud,
    your sins like the morning mist.
Return(I) to me,
    for I have redeemed(J) you.”

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