²⁶ Who told of this from the beginning,^(A) so we could know,
    or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
    no one foretold^(B) it,
    no one heard any words^(C) from you.
²⁷ I was the first to tell^(D) Zion, ‘Look, here they are!’
    I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.^(E)
28 I look but there is no one^(F)—
    no one among the gods to give counsel,^(G)
    no one to give answer^(H) when I ask them.