²⁶ But I do the things that my servants say will happen.
    I show that my prophets' messages are true.
I say about Jerusalem, “People will live there again.”
I say about the towns in Judah, “I will cause people to build them again,
    so that they are no longer heaps of stones.”
²⁷ I say to the deep sea, “Become dry!”
    and its streams become dry.
²⁸ I say about King Cyrus,
    “He is my shepherd.^[a]
    He will do what I want him to do.”
He will give a command about Jerusalem.
    He will say, “Build the city again!”
He will say about the temple,
    “Build its foundation.” ’