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New King James Version (NKJV)

Isaiah 44
²⁰ He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, Nor say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"
²¹ "Remember these, 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 thick cloud, your transgressions, And like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you."
²³ Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth; Break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, And glorified Himself in Israel.
²⁴ Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, And He who formed you from the womb: "I am the Lord, who makes all things, Who stretches out the heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;
²⁵ Who frustrates the signs of the babblers, And drives diviners mad; Who turns wise men backward, And makes their knowledge foolishness;
²⁶ Who confirms the word of His servant, And performs the counsel of His messengers; Who says to Jerusalem, ’You shall be inhabited,’ To the cities of Judah, ’You shall be built,’ And I will raise up her waste places;
²⁷ Who says to the deep, ’Be dry! And I will dry up your rivers’;
²⁸ Who says of Cyrus, ’He is My shepherd, And he shall perform all My pleasure, Saying to Jerusalem, "You shall be built," And to the temple, "Your foundation shall be laid." ’
Isaiah 45
¹ "Thus says the Lord to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held-- To subdue nations before him And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut:
² ’I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron.