Isaiah 44:21-28 ▼

21 Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are My servant. I have formed you, you are My servant, O Israel; you will not be forgotten by Me.

22 I have blotted out like a cloud your transgressions, and like a mist your sins; return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

23 Sing out, O heavens, for YHWH has done it! Give a shout,, O lower parts of the earth! Break forth O mountains, into singing, O forest and every tree in it. For YHWH has redeemed Jacob, and in Israel He has glorified Himself.

24 Thus says YHWH, your Redeemer, and the One forming you from the womb: “I am YHWH, the One making all things, the One stretching out the heavens by Myself alone, the One spreading out the earth—who besides Me—

25 breaking the omens of devisers, and making fools of those devining; the One turning the wise ones backward, and making their knowledge foolish;

26 the One making stand the word of His servant and fufilling the counsel of His messengers; the One saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and her ruins I will raise up;’

27 the One saying to the deep, ‘Be dry, and your rivers I will dry up;’

28 the One saying of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd and all My delight he will fulfill,’ and saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”