Isaiah 44:26
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
26 who confirms the message of his servant
and fulfils the counsel of his messengers;
who says to Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’
and to the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt,’
and I will restore her ruins;
Jeremiah 44:2-6
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
2 ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster I brought against Jerusalem and all Judah’s cities. Look, they are a ruin today without an inhabitant in them(A) 3 because of the evil they committed to anger me,(B) by going and burning incense to serve other gods that they, you, and your ancestors did not know.(C) 4 So I sent you all my servants the prophets time and time again,[a](D) saying, “Don’t commit this detestable action that I hate.” 5 But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their evil or stop burning incense to other gods. 6 So my fierce wrath poured out and burned in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets(E) so that they became the desolate ruin they are today.
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- 44:4 Lit prophets, rising up early and sending
Lamentations 2:17
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
ע Ayin
17 The Lord has done what he planned;
he has accomplished his decree,
which he ordained in days of old.
He has demolished without compassion,(A)
letting the enemy gloat over you
and exalting the horn of your adversaries.
Zechariah 1:6
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
6 But didn’t my words and my statutes that I commanded my servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? ” ’
So the people repented and said, ‘As the Lord of Armies decided to deal with us for our ways and our deeds, so he has dealt with us.’(A)
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