A plea to the Israelis

21 Yahweh says, “You descendants of [MTY] Jacob,

you people of Israel who should be serving me,

I created you,

and I will not forget you.

22 I have gotten rid of your sins

like [SIM] the wind blows away a cloud.

It is as though your transgressions were a morning mist

[SIM] that I have blown away.

Return to me

because I have rescued you.”

23 The sun and moon and stars in the sky should sing,

and all the things that are beneath the ground should shout joyfully!

All the mountains and forests, and all you trees,

should sing loudly,

because Yahweh has rescued the descendants of [MTY] Jacob;

the people of Israel will praise/honor him.