Isaiah 44:24-Isaiah 45:13 - Jerusalem Restored Through Cyrus
24 This is what the Lord, your Redeemer
who stretched out the heavens by Myself;
who alone spread out the earth;
and makes fools of diviners;
who confounds the wise
and makes their knowledge foolishness;
and fulfills the counsel of His messengers;
who says to Jerusalem, “She will be inhabited,”
and to the cities of Judah, “They will be rebuilt,”
and I will restore her ruins;
and I will dry up your rivers;
he will fulfill all My pleasure”
and says to Jerusalem, “She will be rebuilt,”
and of the temple, “Its foundation will be laid.”
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whose right hand I have grasped
to subdue nations before him,
to disarm
to open the doors before him
and the gates will not be shut:
and level the uneven places;
I will shatter the bronze doors
and cut the iron bars in two.
and riches from secret places,
so that you may know that I, Yahweh,
the God of Israel call you by your name.
because of Jacob My servant
and Israel My chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know Me.
there is no God but Me.
I will strengthen
though you do not know Me,
that there is no one but Me.
I am Yahweh, and there is no other.
I make success and create disaster;
I, Yahweh, do all these things.
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and let the skies shower righteousness.
Let the earth open up
so that salvation will sprout
and righteousness will spring up with it.
I, Yahweh, have created it.
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one clay pot among many.
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?
‘What are you fathering?’
or to his mother,
‘What are you giving birth to?’”
the Holy One of Israel
“Ask Me what is to happen to
and instruct Me about the work of My hands.
and created man on it.
It was My hands that stretched out the heavens,
and I commanded all their host.
and will level all roads for him.
He will rebuild My city,
and set My exiles free,
not for a price or a bribe,”
says the Lord of Hosts.