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24 “This is what the Lord says, your Redeemer
    and the one who formed you in the womb:
‘I am the Lord, who has made everything,
    who alone stretched out the heavens,
who spread out the earth—
    Who was with me at that time?—[a]
25 who frustrates the omens of idle talkers,
    and drives diviners mad,
who turns back the wise,
    and makes their knowledge foolish;[b]
26 who carries out the words of his servants,
    and fulfills the predictions of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem, “It will be inhabited,”
    and of Judah’s cities, “They will be rebuilt,”
and of her ruins, “I’ll raise them up”;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:24 1QIsaa 4QIsab MT LXX lack at that time
  2. Isaiah 44:25 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsab LXX; MT reads wise

Jerusalem to Be Inhabited

24 “This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(A) who formed(B) you in the womb:(C)

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,(D)
    who spreads out the earth(E) by myself,
25 who foils(F) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,(G)
who overthrows the learning of the wise(H)
    and turns it into nonsense,(I)
26 who carries out the words(J) of his servants
    and fulfills(K) the predictions of his messengers,

who says of Jerusalem,(L) ‘It shall be inhabited,’
    of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,’
    and of their ruins,(M) ‘I will restore them,’(N)

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