Isaiah 41:26-28

New English Translation

²⁶ Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know?
Who announced it^[a] ahead of time, so we could say, ‘He’s correct’?
Indeed, none of them decreed it.
Indeed, none of them announced it.
Indeed, no one heard you say anything!
²⁷ I first decreed to Zion, ‘Look, here’s what will happen!’^[b]
I sent a herald to Jerusalem.
²⁸ I look, but there is no one,
among them there is no one who serves as an adviser,
that I might ask questions and receive answers.