TSK · Isaiah 48:14

“Assemble and listen, you sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father.

Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.

All nations gather together, the peoples assemble. Who among them announced this? Who predicted earlier events for us? Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right; let them listen and affirm,‘It is true.’

who commissions Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd to carry out all my wishes and to decree concerning Jerusalem,‘She will be rebuilt,’ and concerning the temple,‘It will be reconstructed.’”

Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.

The LORD says,“Attack the land of Merathaim and the people who live in Pekod! Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them! Do just as I have commanded you!

“Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms.