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Isaiah 41:25-29
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 41:25-29
New American Standard Bible
25 “I have put (A)one from the north into motion, and he has come;
From the rising of the sun he will call on My name;
And he will come upon rulers as upon [a](B)mortar,
As the potter treads on clay.”
26 Who has (C)declared this from the beginning, that we might know?
Or from former times, that we may say, “He is right!”?
There was (D)no one at all who declared,
There was no one at all who proclaimed,
There was no one at all who heard your words.
27 “(E)Previously I said to Zion, ‘Behold, here they are.’
And to Jerusalem, ‘I will give a (F)messenger of good news.’
28 But (G)when I look, there is no one,
And there is no (H)counselor [b]among them
Who, if I ask, can (I)give an answer.
29 Behold, all of them are [c]false;
Their (J)works are (K)nothing,
Their cast metal images are (L)wind and emptiness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:25 I.e., the building material
- Isaiah 41:28 Lit out of those
- Isaiah 41:29 Another reading is nothing
Isaiah 41:25-29
New International Version
Isaiah 41:25-29
New International Version
25 “I have stirred(A) up one from the north,(B) and he comes—
one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads(C) on rulers as if they were mortar,
as if he were a potter treading the clay.
26 Who told of this from the beginning,(D) so we could know,
or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
no one foretold(E) it,
no one heard any words(F) from you.
27 I was the first to tell(G) Zion, ‘Look, here they are!’
I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.(H)
28 I look but there is no one(I)—
no one among the gods to give counsel,(J)
no one to give answer(K) when I ask them.
29 See, they are all false!
Their deeds amount to nothing;(L)
their images(M) are but wind(N) and confusion.
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