Isaiah 44:26-28

26 awho confirms the word of his servant
and fulfills the counsel of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’
band of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built,
and I will raise up their ruins’;
27 cwho says to the deep, ‘Be dry;
I will dry up your rivers’;
28who says of dCyrus, ‘He is emy shepherd,
and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
fand of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”

Isaiah 45:1

Cyrus, God’s Instrument

1 Thus says the Lord to ghis anointed, to Cyrus,
hwhose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and ito loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:

Isaiah 45:12-13

12 jI made the earth
and created man on it;
it was my hands kthat stretched out the heavens,
and lI commanded all their host.
13 mI have stirred him up in righteousness,
nand I will make all his ways level;
ohe shall build my city
pand set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the Lord of hosts.
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