Isaiah 41:25-29
Lexham English Bible
25 I stirred up one from the north,
and he has come from the rising of the sun.
He shall call on my name,
and he shall come on officials as on mortar,
and as the potter[a] treads clay.
26 Who declared it from the beginning[b] so that[c] we might know,
and beforehand[d] so that[e] we might say, “He is right!”[f]
Indeed, there was no one who declared it;
Indeed, there was no one who proclaimed it.
Indeed there was no one who heard your words.
27 First to Zion, look! Look at them!
And I give a herald[g] of good tidings to Jerusalem.
28 But[h] I look and there is no man,
and I look among these and there is no counselor,
that[i] I might ask them and they might answer a word.
29 Look! All of them are deception;
their works are nothing;
their images are wind and emptiness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:25 Literally “creator”
- Isaiah 41:26 Literally “head”
- Isaiah 41:26 Or “and”
- Isaiah 41:26 Literally “from before faces”
- Isaiah 41:26 Or “and”
- Isaiah 41:26 Literally “righteous”
- Isaiah 41:27 Or “bringer”
- Isaiah 41:28 Or “And”
- Isaiah 41:28 Or “and”
Isaiah 41:25-29
International Standard Version
25 “You are stirring up[a] one from the north,
and they are coming[b] from the rising of the sun;
and[c] he will be called by his[d] name.
Rulers will arrive like mud;[e]
just[f] like a potter, he will trample the clay.
26 Who told of this from the beginning,
so we could know,
or beforehand, so we could ask,
‘Is it right?’[g]
Indeed, no one told of this,
no one made an announcement,
and no one heard your words:
27 First, to Zion: “There is slumber.”[h]
And to Jerusalem: “I’ll send a messenger with good news.”
28 But when I look, there is no one—
among them there’s no one to give counsel,
no one to give an answer when I ask them.
29 See, none of them exist, and their deeds are nothing.[i]
Their metal images are only wind and confusion.’”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:25 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read I am raising
- Isaiah 41:25 So 1QIsaa; MT reads I am raising
- Isaiah 41:25 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and
- Isaiah 41:25 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read my
- Isaiah 41:25 I.e. like an overflowing river; so 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads He will come, rulers like mud
- Isaiah 41:25 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and
- Isaiah 41:26 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads He was right
- Isaiah 41:27 So 1QIsaa; MT reads look, there they are
- Isaiah 41:29 So 1QIsaa; MT reads all of their works are utterly nothing
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