Isaiah 48:14-16

New Living Translation

¹⁴ Have any of your idols ever told you this?
    Come, all of you, and listen:
The Lord has chosen Cyrus as his ally.
    He will use him to put an end to the empire of Babylon
    and to destroy the Babylonian^[a] armies.

¹⁵ “I have said it: I am calling Cyrus!
    I will send him on this errand and will help him succeed.
¹⁶ Come closer, and listen to this.
    From the beginning I have told you plainly what would happen.”

And now the Sovereign Lord and his Spirit
    have sent me with this message.