24 This is what the lord says—your Redeemer and Creator:“I am the lord, who made all things.I alone stretched out the heavens.Who was with mewhen I made the earth?
25 I expose the false prophets as liarsand make fools of fortune-tellers.I cause the wise to give bad advice,thus proving them to be fools.
26 But I carry out the predictions of my prophets!By them I say to Jerusalem, ‘People will live here again,’and to the towns of Judah, ‘You will be rebuilt;I will restore all your ruins!’
27 When I speak to the rivers and say, ‘Dry up!’they will be dry.
28 When I say of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd,’he will certainly do as I say.He will command, ‘Rebuild Jerusalem’;he will say, ‘Restore the Temple.’”