And he said that he would: “I am... the One saying to the watery deep [that is, the watery defense of the city], ‘ Be evaporated; and all your rivers I shall dry up ’; the One saying of Cyrus, ‘ He is my shepherd, and all that I delight in he will completely carry out ’; even in my saying of Jerusalem, ‘ She will be rebuilt, ’ and of the temple, ‘ You will have your foundation laid. ’ ” — Isaiah 44: 25, 27, 28.
و دربارهٔ کُوْرَشْ میگوید که او شبان من است و تمامئ مسرّت مرا به اتمام خواهد رسانید و دربارهٔ اورشلیم میگوید بنا خواهد شد و دربارهٔ هیکل که بنیاد تو نهاده خواهد گشت .‏ » —‏ اشعیا ۴۴ :‏ ۲۴ ،‏ ۲۷ ،‏ ۲۸ .‏