7 I made the light and the darkness.I bring peace, and I cause troubles.I, the Lord, do all these things.
8 “Sky above, make victory fall like rain;clouds, pour down victory.Let the earth receive it,and let salvation grow,and let victory grow with it.I, the Lord, have created it.
9 “How terrible it will be for those who argue with the God who made them.They are like a piece of broken pottery among many pieces.The clay does not ask the potter,‘What are you doing?’The thing that is made doesn’t say to its maker,‘You have no hands.’
10 How terrible it will be for the child who says to his father,‘Why are you giving me life?’How terrible it will be for the child who says to his mother,‘Why are you giving birth to me?’ ”
11 This is what the Lord,the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker, says:“You ask me about what will happen.You question me about my children.You give me orders about what I have made.
12 I made the earthand all the people living on it.With my own hands I stretched out the skies,and I commanded all the armies in the sky.
13 I will bring Cyrus to do good things,and I will make his work easy.He will rebuild my cityand set my people freewithout any payment or reward.The Lord All-Powerful says this.”