²⁷ I was the first to tell Zion, ‘Look, here they are.’
I gave Jerusalem a messenger with the good news.
²⁸ When I look, there is no one.
There is no one to advise them.
When I ask them a question,
will they give an answer?
²⁹ All of them are nothing.^[a]
They can’t do anything.
Their statues are nothing but air.”