"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
prophets and makes fools of diviners, who overthrows
the learning of the wise and turns it into
nonsense,
[26] who carries out the words of
his servants and fulfills 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
shepherd and will accomplish all that I please;
he will say of
Jerusalem,
"Let it be rebuilt," and of the
temple,
"Let its foundations be
laid." '
Isaiah 44:24-28 NIV