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27 I was the first to tell Zion, ‘Look, here they are.’
I gave Jerusalem a messenger with the good news.
28 When I look, there is no one.
There is no one to advise them.
When I ask them a question,
will they give an answer?
29 All of them are nothing.[a]
They can’t do anything.
Their statues are nothing but air.”

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Footnotes

  1. 41:29 Dead Sea Scrolls, Syriac, Targum; Masoretic Text “They are false.”

27 I was the first to tell(A) Zion, ‘Look, here they are!’
    I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.(B)
28 I look but there is no one(C)
    no one among the gods to give counsel,(D)
    no one to give answer(E) when I ask them.
29 See, they are all false!
    Their deeds amount to nothing;(F)
    their images(G) are but wind(H) and confusion.

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