23. Sing for joy, you heavens, for the Lord has done this;shout aloud, you earth beneath.Burst into song, you mountains,you forests and all your trees,for the Lord has redeemed Jacob,he displays his glory in Israel.
24. ‘This is what the Lord says –your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb:I am the Lord,the Maker of all things,who stretches out the heavens,who spreads out the earth by myself,
25. who foils the signs of false prophetsand makes fools of diviners,who overthrows the learning of the wiseand turns it into nonsense,
26. who carries out the words of his servantsand fulfils the predictions of his messengers,who says of Jerusalem, “It shall be inhabited,”of the towns of Judah, “They shall be rebuilt,”and of their ruins, “I will restore them,”
27. who says to the watery deep, “Be dry,and I will dry up your streams,”
28. who says of Cyrus, “He is my shepherdand will accomplish all that I please;he will say of Jerusalem, ‘Let it be rebuilt,’and of the temple, ‘Let its foundations be laid.’ ”