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23 Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done this wondrous thing.
    Shout for joy, O depths of the earth!
Break into song,
    O mountains and forests and every tree!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob
    and is glorified in Israel.

24 This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer and Creator:
“I am the Lord, who made all things.
    I alone stretched out the heavens.
Who was with me
    when I made the earth?
25 I expose the false prophets as liars
    and make fools of fortune-tellers.
I cause the wise to give bad advice,
    thus proving them to be fools.

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23 Sing for joy,(A) you heavens, for the Lord has done this;
    shout aloud, you earth(B) beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,(C)
    you forests and all your trees,(D)
for the Lord has redeemed(E) Jacob,
    he displays his glory(F) in Israel.

Jerusalem to Be Inhabited

24 “This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(G) who formed(H) you in the womb:(I)

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,(J)
    who spreads out the earth(K) by myself,
25 who foils(L) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,(M)
who overthrows the learning of the wise(N)
    and turns it into nonsense,(O)

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