Isaiah 44:21-23

Remember these These things, the deep ignorance and stupidity of idolaters. O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten I will not forget nor forsake thee; therefore thou shalt have no need of idols. I have blotted out as a cloud, &c. As the sun arising disperses the clouds, and causes them to vanish and disappear, so have I, arising for thy salvation, with the light and influence of my grace, scattered and removed thy transgressions, that there is no remnant or appearance of them left: a beautiful and expressive metaphor. Return unto me From thine idolatry, and other sinful practices. For 1 have redeemed thee Therefore thou art mine, and obliged to return and adhere to me. Sing, O ye heavens, &c. “The prophet here, by an elegant apostrophe, calls upon all creatures to glorify God for his singular blessing to his people in delivering them from their captivity in Babylon; which also has a further respect to the great and spiritual deliverance of mankind by the Messiah;” a mercy so transcendent, that, as he intimates, it is sufficient, were it possible, to make even the stones break forth in praises to God.