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24 Yahweh, your Redeemer,
    and he who formed you from the womb says:
“I am Yahweh, who makes all things;
    who alone stretches out the heavens;
    who spreads out the earth by myself;
25 who frustrates the signs of the liars,
    and makes diviners mad;
who turns wise men backward,
    and makes their knowledge foolish;
26 who confirms the word of his servant,
    and performs the counsel of his messengers;
who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’
    and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’
    and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’
27 who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’
    and ‘I will dry up your rivers;’
28 Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’
    even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’
    and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”

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24 Thus says the Lord, (A)your Redeemer,
    (B)who formed you from the womb:
(C)“I am the Lord, who made all things,
    (D)who alone stretched out the heavens,
    who spread out the earth by myself,
25 who frustrates the signs of liars
    and makes fools of diviners,
(E)who turns wise men back
    and makes their knowledge foolish,
26 (F)who confirms the word of his servant
    and fulfills the counsel of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’
    (G)and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built,
    and I will raise up their ruins’;
27 (H)who says to the deep, ‘Be dry;
    I will dry up your rivers’;
28 who says of (I)Cyrus, ‘He is (J)my shepherd,
    and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
    (K)and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”

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