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Isaiah 44:23 Explained in Context

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Verse 23. Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

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Role in This Section

The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Sing, O ye heavens” at Isaiah 44:23 as a specific part of “Forgiven Israel and a Named Cyrus Fulfill the Rebuilding Word.”

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  • Isaiah 44:21–28

Begin with Isaiah 44:21–28's complete movement: Remembered servant identity, blotted sin, creation's song, frustrated diviners, confirmed messengers, restored Jerusalem, dried deep, and Cyrus as shepherd converge. At verse 44:23, The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Sing, O ye heavens” at Isaiah 44:23 as a specific part of “Forgiven Israel and a Named Cyrus Fulfill the Rebuilding Word.”

Why It Needs Context

The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Sing, O ye heavens” at Isaiah 44:23 as a specific part of “Forgiven Israel and a Named Cyrus Fulfill the Rebuilding Word.” Because nearby lines develop or qualify it, Isaiah 44:21–28 supplies the minimum responsible context.

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Read Isaiah 44:21–28 — Forgiven Israel and a Named Cyrus Fulfill the Rebuilding Word
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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.

Exact location: Isaiah 44:21–28, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah

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Open Scriptures, release 2.2

Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 44:21–28 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked

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