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26 I confirm the words of my servants
    and carry out the plans revealed by my messengers.
I say to Jerusalem, You will be inhabited,
    and to the cities of Judah, You will be rebuilt.
    I will raise up their ruins.
27 I say to the deep waters, Become dry;
    I will dry up your rivers.
28 I say to Cyrus, You will be my shepherd,
    and he will carry out my every wish,
so that Jerusalem will be rebuilt
    and the foundations of the temple will be laid.

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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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