Isaiah 41:25-29
World English Bible
25 “I have raised up one from the north, and he has come,
from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name,
and he shall come on rulers as on mortar,
and as the potter treads clay.
26 Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know?
and before, that we may say, ‘He is right?’
Surely, there is no one who declares.
Surely, there is no one who shows.
Surely, there is no one who hears your words.
27 I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’
and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.
28 When I look, there is no man,
even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
29 Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing.
Their molten images are wind and confusion.
Isaiah 41:25-29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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.(A)
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.(B)
27 I first have declared it to Zion,[c]
and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good tidings.(C)
28 But when I look there is no one;
among these there is no counselor
who, when I ask, gives an answer.(D)
29 No, they are all a delusion;
their works are nothing;
their images are empty wind.(E)
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