Isaiah 41:26-28
Amplified Bible
26
Who [among the idols] has declared this from the beginning, so that we could know?
Or from earlier times, so that we could say, “He is [unquestionably] right!”?
In fact, there was no one who declared it,
Indeed, there was no one who proclaimed it;
There was no one at all who heard you speak [for you pagan gods are speechless].
27
“I was first to say to Zion, ‘Listen carefully, here they are [the Jews who will be restored to their own land].’
And to Jerusalem, ‘I will provide a messenger (Isaiah) to bring the good news [[a]that Cyrus will be stirred up and put into action to save them].’(A)
28
“But when I look [on the pagan prophets and priests], there is no one [who could predict these events],
And there is no counselor [b]among them,
Who, if I ask, can give an answer.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:27 This prophecy was declared about a hundred and fifty years before it occurred.
- Isaiah 41:28 Lit out of those.
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