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
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Man From the North
25 I have stirred up someone from the north,
and he is coming from the rising of the sun.
He will call upon my name.
He will walk over rulers as if they were mud,
the way a potter tramples clay.
26 Who declared this from the beginning so that we could know it,
and ahead of time so that we could say, “He is right”?
In fact, not one of them declares this.
In fact, not one of them makes this known.
In fact, no one hears you say anything.
27 I was first to announce to Zion, “Look, here they are,”
and I sent a herald of good news to Jerusalem.
28 When I looked, there was no one.
None of them could give advice,
even when I kept asking them to respond.
29 Look, all of them are useless.
Their works are nothing.
Their images are empty wind.
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