Isaiah 48:9-15

9For my name’s sake I’ll be patient. For my glory’s sake I’ll hold my anger back from you, rather than destroy you.

10I have refined you, but not like silver. I have tested you in the furnace of suffering.

11I am doing this for myself, only for myself. Why should my name be dishonored? I will not give my glory to anyone else.

12Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called. I am the one. I am the first and the last.

13My hand laid the foundation of the earth. My right hand stretched out the heavens. When I call for them, they both stand.

14Gather together, all of you, and listen. What idol has revealed such things? The Lord loves Cyrus. He will carry out the Lord’s plan against Babylon. He will use his strength against the Babylonians.

15I alone have spoken. I have called him. I will bring him here, and he will succeed.