Is 44:21-28

21Remember these things, Jacob,

Israel, for you are my servant!

I formed you, a servant to me;

Israel, you shall never be forgotten by me:

22I have brushed away your offenses like a cloud,

your sins like a mist;

return to me, for I have redeemed you.

23Raise a glad cry, you heavens—the LORD has acted!

Shout, you depths of the earth.

Break forth, mountains, into song,

forest, with all your trees.

For the LORD has redeemed Jacob,

shows his glory through Israel.

24Thus says the LORD, your redeemer,

who formed you from the womb:

I am the LORD, who made all things,

who alone stretched out the heavens,

I spread out the earth by myself.^g

25I bring to nought the omens of babblers,

make fools of diviners,

Turn back the wise

and make their knowledge foolish.

26I confirm the words of my servant,

carry out the plan my messengers announce.

I say to Jerusalem, Be inhabited!

To the cities of Judah, Be rebuilt!

I will raise up their ruins.

27I say to the deep, Be dry!

I will dry up your rivers.^h

28I say of Cyrus,^* My shepherd!

He carries out my every wish,

Saying of Jerusalem, “Let it be rebuilt,”

and of the temple, “Lay its foundations.”ⁱ