Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Isaiah 44
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.
³ I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of secret places, That you may know that I, the Lord, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel.
⁴ For Jacob My servant’s sake, And Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name; I have named you, though you have not known Me.
⁵ I am the Lord, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me,