Prophecies That Have Come True - Continue

 Isaiah 44:24,27, 28: "This is what Jehovah says, . . .'the One saying to the deep waters, "Be evaporated, and I will dry up all your riverss"; The One saying of Cyrus, "He is my shepherd, and will completely carry out all my will"; the One saying of Jerusalem, "She will be rebuilt," and of the temple, "Your foundation will be laid."'

According to the Greek historian Herodotus, the army of Cyrus diverted the waters of the Euphrates River, which flowed through the city of Babylon. Cyrus strategy enabled his troops to enter the city along the riverbed. After taking the city, Cyrus freed the Jews who had been captive in Babylon and allowed them to return and rebuild Jerusalem, which had been destroyed 70 years earlier.

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