In Isaiah chapter 43 God said he would announce two things and then do them to prove that he was the only true God.  He was going to:

1. Bring Israel back from captivity
2. Forgive their sins

 Israel then would be called on to be witnesses of these events as proof of YHWH’s deity.
These prophecies where written down and historically fulfilled. The fulfillment of these predictions
by YHWH through Isaiah are recorded in secular documents and in the books of Ezra, Nehemiah,
2 Chronicles, etc.
 
Isaiah 44:24-28 actually begins a section that continues from Isaiah 44:24 up to Isaiah 47:15.

As a sign of his sovereign rule over his creation and of his absolute wisdom the Lord says he will expose the false prophets, make fools of the diviners and turn the learning of the wise into nonsense. While at the same time the Lord will carry out the words of his servants and fulfill the predictions of his messengers like Isaiah.

In order to set the stage for his prophets the Lord predicts a list of historical events that will take place more than 170 years in the future. Remember, at this time Jerusalem is still inhabited and will not fall to the Babylonians for another 100 years. Also, the Assyrians are ruling the Middle East in Isaiah’s day, Babylon has not risen yet, but Isaiah is going to be speaking about the empire that overthrows Babylon. Babylon is still a rising power in Isaiah’s day.

Isaiah is going to predict:

1. Restoration of Jerusalem and rebuilding of Judah (beginning in 538 BC)
2. The stopping of the waters in Babylon in 539 BC by Cyrus when he blocked the canals and entered Babylon under the walls as recorded by historians and Daniel.
3. The name of the Persian emperor who conquer Babylon and then send the Jews back to Jerusalem and order that they rebuild the Temple (536-516 BC).

Cyrus would rule Persia from 559-530 and would overthrow Babylon in 538 BC. That is 160-190 years after Isaiah spoke these words. Beginning in 538 BC the Jews would begin returning to Judah from Babylonian captivity. Cyrus would order that the foundations for the Temple of YHWH be laid in 536 BC. Cyrus died in 530 and the Temple was finished in 516.

This was predicted by the Lord through Isaiah so Israel would discern their God as the true God:

Now listen, o Jacob, my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen. This is what the Lord says…I am the Lord…who carries out the words of his servants and fulfills the predictions of his messengers…Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no God apart from me… I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. – Isaiah 44:1, 24, 26; 45:21; 46:10

The Bible does not specifically say that Paul fell from his horse on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:3-4) just like it doesn’t say that Mary rode a donkey to Bethlehem. Of course, it is possible a horse and a donkey were involved, but Acts 9:7 does say that “the men traveling with Saul STOOD there speechless” instead of “sat on their horses speechless.” And, if someone was riding the donkey to Bethlehem we hope it wasn’t Joseph.