Isaiah 44:26-28
Expanded Bible
26 I ·make the messages of my servants come true [confirm my servants’ words];
I make the ·advice [or prophecies] of my messengers come true.
I say to Jerusalem,
‘·People will live in you again [L It will be inhabited]!’
I say to the towns of Judah,
‘You will be built again!’
I say to Jerusalem’s ruins,
‘I will ·repair you [raise you up].’
27 I tell the deep waters, ‘Become dry!
I will make your streams become dry!’
28 I say of Cyrus [C the Persian king (ruled 550–530 bc) who allowed Israel to return from exile; 41:2; 44:28—45:6; 46:11; 48:14–16], ‘He is my shepherd
and will ·do [fulfill] 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.”’”
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