| Isaiah
(Yeshayahu) 44
"This is what the LORD says- your Redeemer,
who formed you in the womb:
I
am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone
stretched out the heavens, who spread out the
earth by myself,
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes
fools of diviners, who overthrows the learning
of the wise and turns it into nonsense, who
carries out the words of his servants
and fulfills the predictions of his messengers,
who
says of Jerusalem, 'It shall be inhabited,'
of the towns of Judah, 'They shall be built,'
and of their ruins, 'I will restore them,' who
says to the watery deep, 'Be dry, and I will
dry up your streams,' who says of Cyrus, 'He
is my shepherd and will accomplish all that
I please;
he will say of Jerusalem, "Let it be rebuilt,"
and of the temple, "Let its foundations
be laid." '
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