Isaiah 44:24-28

New Century Version

²⁴ This is what the Lord says, who saved you,
    who formed you in your mother’s body:
“I, the Lord, made everything,
    stretching out the skies by myself
    and spreading out the earth all alone.
²⁵ I show that the signs of the lying prophets are false;
    I make fools of those who do magic.
I confuse even the wise;
    they think they know much, but I make them look foolish.
²⁶ I make the messages of my servants come true;
    I make the advice of my messengers come true.
I say to Jerusalem,
    ‘People will live in you again!’
I say to the towns of Judah,
    ‘You will be built again!’
I say to Jerusalem’s ruins,
    ‘I will repair you.’
²⁷ I tell the deep waters, ‘Become dry!
    I will make your streams become dry!’
²⁸ I say of Cyrus,^[a] ‘He is my shepherd
    and will do all that I want him to do.
    He will say to Jerusalem, “You will be built again!”
    He will tell the Temple, “Your foundations will be rebuilt.”’”