Isaiah 44:26-28
The Message
25-28 He makes the magicians look ridiculous
and turns fortunetellers into jokes.
He makes the experts look trivial
and their latest knowledge look silly.
But he backs the word of his servant
and confirms the counsel of his messengers.
He says to Jerusalem, “Be inhabited,”
and to the cities of Judah, “Be rebuilt,”
and to the ruins, “I raise you up.”
He says to Ocean, “Dry up.
I’m drying up your rivers.”
He says to Cyrus, “My shepherd—
everything I want, you’ll do it.”
He says to Jerusalem, “Be built,”
and to the Temple, “Be established.”
Isaiah 44:26-28
New International Version
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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