Isaiah 41:25-27
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.”
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 41:25-27
New International Version
25 “I have stirred(A) up one from the north,(B) and he comes—
one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads(C) on rulers as if they were mortar,
as if he were a potter treading the clay.
26 Who told of this from the beginning,(D) so we could know,
or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
no one foretold(E) it,
no one heard any words(F) from you.
27 I was the first to tell(G) Zion, ‘Look, here they are!’
I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.(H)
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