Isa 44:24-28 (NIV)
"This is what the LORD saysÉ 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." '