44:25 who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers 1
and humiliates 2 the omen readers,
who overturns the counsel of the wise men 3
and makes their advice 4 seem foolish,
44:26 who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants 5
and brings to pass the announcements 6 of his messengers,
who says about Jerusalem, 7 ‘She will be inhabited,’
and about the towns of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt,
her ruins I will raise up,’
44:27 who says to the deep sea, ‘Be dry!
I will dry up your sea currents,’
44:28 who commissions 8 Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd 9
to carry out all my wishes 10
and to decree concerning Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’
and concerning the temple, ‘It will be reconstructed.’” 11