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26 who keeps[a] the word of his servant
    and carries out the plan of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem, ‘It shall be inhabited,’
    and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,
    and I will restore its ruins’;
27 who says to the deep, ‘Dry up!
    And I will cause your rivers to dry up’;
28 who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd,’
    and he shall carry out all my wishes[b];
and saying of Jerusalem, ‘It shall be rebuilt,’
    and the temple, ‘It shall be founded.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:26 Or “erects”
  2. Isaiah 44:28 Hebrew “wish”

26 who carries out the words(A) of his servants
    and fulfills(B) the predictions of his messengers,

who says of Jerusalem,(C) ‘It shall be inhabited,’
    of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,’
    and of their ruins,(D) ‘I will restore them,’(E)
27 who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry,
    and I will dry up(F) your streams,’
28 who says of Cyrus,(G) ‘He is my shepherd
    and will accomplish all that I please;
he will say of Jerusalem,(H) “Let it be rebuilt,”
    and of the temple,(I) “Let its foundations(J) be laid.”’

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