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."
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