Isaiah 44:24-Isaiah 45:13 - Jerusalem Restored Through Cyrus

²⁴ Thus says LORD, thy Redeemer, and he who formed thee from the womb: I am LORD, who makes all things, who stretches forth the heavens alone, who spreads abroad the earth (who is with me?), ²⁵ who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad, who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish, ²⁶ who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited, and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places of it, ²⁷ who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers, ²⁸ who says of Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built, and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

¹ Thus says LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held to subdue nations before him. And I will loose the loins of kings to open the doors before him. And the gates shall not be shut. ² I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth. I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut apart the bars of iron. ³ And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou may know that it is I, LORD, who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel. ⁴ For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name. I have surnamed thee, though thou have not known me. ⁵ I am LORD, and there is none else. Besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou have not known me, ⁶ that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am LORD, and there is none else. ⁷ I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create evil. I am LORD who does all these things.

⁸ Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together. I, LORD, have created it.

⁹ Woe to him who strives with his maker, a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashions it, What are thou making? or thy work, He has no hands? ¹⁰ Woe to him who says to a father, What are thou begetting? or to a woman, With what are thou travailing? ¹¹ Thus says LORD, the Holy One of Israel and his maker: Ask me of the things that are to come concerning my sons. And command ye me concerning the work of my hands. ¹² I have made the earth, and created man upon it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded. ¹³ I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways. He shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, says LORD of hosts.