Isaiah 44:24-28, NIV
Thought: Sovereignty and majesty of God declared.
Isaiah 44:24-28, GNB
[24]“I am the Lord, your saviour; I am the one who created you. I am the Lord, the Creator of all things. I alone stretched out the heavens; when I made the earth, no one helped me.
[25]I make fools of fortune tellers and frustrate the predictions of astrologers. The words of the wise I refute and show that their wisdom is foolishness.
[26]But when my servant makes a prediction, when I send a messenger to reveal my plans, I make those plans and predictions come true. I tell Jerusalem that people will live there again, and the cities of Judah that they will be rebuilt. Those cities will rise from the ruins.
[27]With a word of command I dry up the ocean.
[28]I say to Cyrus, ‘You are the one who will rule for me; you will do what I want you to do: you will order Jerusalem to be rebuilt and the Temple foundations to be laid.’ ”