lIsaiah 44:24-28 (NIV) "This is what the LORD says--
your Redeemer, who formed you in
the womb: I am the LORD, who has made all things, who
alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by
myself, 25 who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of
diviners, who overthrows the learning of the wise and
turns it into nonsense, 26 who carries out the words of his
servants and fulfills the predictions of his messengers, who says of
Jerusalem, `It shall be inhabited,' of the towns of Judah, `They
shall be built,' and of their ruins, `I will restore them,' 27 who says
to the watery deep, `Be dry, and I will dry up your streams,' 28
who says of Cyrus, `He is my shepherd and will accomplish all
that I please; he will say of Jerusalem, "Let it be
rebuilt," and of the temple, "Let its foundations be laid." '