Isaiah 41:25-29
Legacy Standard Bible
25 “I have awakened (A)one from the north, and he has come;
From the rising of the sun he will call on My name;
And he will come upon officials as upon (B)mortar,
Even as the potter treads 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!”?
Surely there was (D)no one who declared;
Surely there was no one who caused those words to be heard;
Surely there was no one who heard your words.
27 “(E)Formerly I said to Zion, ‘Behold, here they are.’
And to Jerusalem, ‘I will give a (F)messenger of good news.’
28 But (G)I look, and there is no one,
And there is no (H)counselor [a]among them
Who, if I ask, can (I)respond with a word.
29 Behold, all of them are [b]false;
Their (J)works are (K)non-existent;
Their molten images are (L)wind and utter formlessness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:28 Lit out of those
- Isaiah 41:29 Or nothing
Isaiah 41:25-29
Christian Standard Bible
25 “I have stirred up one from the north,(A) and he has come,
one from the east(B) who invokes my[a] name.(C)
He will march over rulers as if they were mud,
like a potter who treads the clay.
26 Who told about this from the beginning,
so that we might know,
and from times past,
so that we might say, ‘He is right’?
No one announced it,
no one told it,
no one heard your words.
27 I was the first to say to Zion,[b]
‘Look! Here they are!’
And I gave Jerusalem a herald with good news.(D)
28 When I look, there is no one;
there is no counselor among them;
when I ask them, they have nothing to say.(E)
29 Look, all of them are a delusion;[c]
their works are nonexistent;
their images are wind and emptiness.
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