Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 44:21-23
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... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 44:22
I have blotted out - The word used here (מחח mâchâh), means properly “to wipe away,” and is often applied to sins, as if the account was wiped off, or as we express it, blotted out (Psalms 51:3, Psalms 51:11; see the note at Isaiah 43:25). The phrase, ‘to blot out sins like a cloud,’ however, is unusual, and the idea not very obvious. The true idea would be expressed by rendering it, ‘I have made them to vanish as a thick cloud;’ and the sense is, as the wind drives away a thick cloud,... read more