I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Parallel translations
- WEB I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
- BSB I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- NKJV “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins.
- NASB ¶“I, I alone, am the one who wipes out your wrongdoings for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.
- NLT “I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.
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Quick answer
God Himself blots out transgressions for His own sake and remembers sins no more. It declares free, gracious forgiveness rooted in God's character, not human merit.
Overview
After listing Israel's failures, God astonishingly announces full pardon, and that for His own sake. Forgiveness flows from His grace and glory, not from anything the people offered. This is the heart of the gospel, fulfilled at the cross where God blots out sin and remembers it no more for those in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 25
- Heb 8:12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
- Mic 7:18–19Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
- Heb 10:17And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
- Jer 31:34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
- Isa 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
- Isa 44:22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
- Ps 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
- Ps 79:8–9O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
- Isa 38:17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
- Acts 3:19Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
- Rom 5:20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
- Isa 43:11I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
- Mark 2:7Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
- Ps 25:11For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
- Ps 51:9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
- Jer 50:20In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
- Isa 48:8–10Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
- Ezek 36:22Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
- Ezek 20:14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
- Ezek 20:9But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
- Isa 37:35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
- Ezek 20:22Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
- Ezek 36:32Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
- Eph 1:6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
- Eph 1:8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
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Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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