20. Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him;he cannot save himself, or say,‘Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?’
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.
22. I have swept away your offences like a cloud,your sins like the morning mist.Return to me,for I have redeemed you.’
23. Sing 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.
24. ‘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,
25. who foils the signs of false prophetsand makes fools of diviners,who overthrows the learning of the wiseand turns it into nonsense,