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11 The people of long ago are not remembered,
    nor will there be any remembrance
of people yet to come
    by those who come after them.

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11 No one remembers the former generations,(A)
    and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
    by those who follow them.(B)

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16 For there is no enduring remembrance of the wise or of fools, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How can the wise die just like fools?

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16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered;(A)
    the days have already come when both have been forgotten.(B)
Like the fool, the wise too must die!(C)

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The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no more reward, and even the memory of them is lost.(A)

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For the living know that they will die,
    but the dead know nothing;(A)
they have no further reward,
    and even their name(B) is forgotten.(C)

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See, the former things have come to pass,
    and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth,
    I tell you of them.(A)

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See, the former things(A) have taken place,
    and new things I declare;
before they spring into being
    I announce(B) them to you.”

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The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins;
    their cities you have rooted out;
    the very memory of them has perished.(A)

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Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
    you have uprooted their cities;(A)
    even the memory of them(B) has perished.

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22 Let them bring them and tell us
    what is to happen.
Tell us the former things, what they were,
    so that we may consider them
and that we may know their outcome
    or declare to us the things to come.(A)
23 Tell us what is to come hereafter,
    that we may know that you are gods;
do good, or do harm,
    that we may be afraid and terrified.(B)
24 You, indeed, are nothing,
    and your work is nothing at all;
    whoever chooses you is an abomination.(C)

25 I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
    from the rising of the sun he was summoned by name.[a]
He shall trample[b] on rulers as on mortar,
    as the potter treads clay.(D)
26 Who declared it from the beginning, so that we might know,
    and beforehand, so that we might say, “He is right”?
There was no one who declared it, none who proclaimed,
    none who heard your words.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 41.25 Compare Q ms Gk: MT he shall call on my name
  2. 41.25 Cn: Heb come

22 “Tell us, you idols,
    what is going to happen.(A)
Tell us what the former things(B) were,
    so that we may consider them
    and know their final outcome.
Or declare to us the things to come,(C)
23     tell us what the future holds,
    so we may know(D) that you are gods.
Do something, whether good or bad,(E)
    so that we will be dismayed(F) and filled with fear.
24 But you are less than nothing(G)
    and your works are utterly worthless;(H)
    whoever chooses you is detestable.(I)

25 “I have stirred(J) up one from the north,(K) and he comes—
    one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads(L) on rulers as if they were mortar,
    as if he were a potter treading the clay.
26 Who told of this from the beginning,(M) so we could know,
    or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
    no one foretold(N) it,
    no one heard any words(O) from you.

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