44:23 Shout for joy, O sky, for the Lord intervenes;
shout out, you subterranean regions
O mountains, give a joyful shout;
you too, O forest and all your trees!
For the Lord protects
he reveals his splendor through Israel.
44:24 This is what the Lord, your protector,
the one who formed you in the womb:
“I am the Lord, who made everything,
who alone stretched out the sky,
who fashioned the earth all by myself,
44:25 who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers
and humiliates
who overturns the counsel of the wise men
and makes their advice
44:26 who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants
and brings to pass the announcements
who says about Jerusalem,
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
to carry out all my wishes
and to decree concerning Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’
and concerning the temple, ‘It will be reconstructed.’”