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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”;
27 who says to the watery deep, “Be dry—
    I will dry up your rivers;”
28 who says about Cyrus, “He’s my shepherd,
    and he’ll carry out everything that I please:
He’ll say of Jerusalem, ‘Let it be rebuilt,’
    and of my[a] Temple, ‘Let its foundations be laid again.’”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:28 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsab MT read the

26 who carries out the words(A) of his servants
    and fulfills(B) the predictions of his messengers,

who says of Jerusalem,(C) ‘It shall be inhabited,’
    of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,’
    and of their ruins,(D) ‘I will restore them,’(E)
27 who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry,
    and I will dry up(F) your streams,’
28 who says of Cyrus,(G) ‘He is my shepherd
    and will accomplish all that I please;
he will say of Jerusalem,(H) “Let it be rebuilt,”
    and of the temple,(I) “Let its foundations(J) be laid.”’

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