27 (A)Previously I said to Zion, ‘Behold, here they are.’
And to Jerusalem, ‘I will give a (B)messenger of good news.’
28 But (C)when I look, there is no one,
And there is no (D)counselor [a]among them
Who, if I ask, can (E)give an answer.
29 Behold, all of them are [b]false;
Their (F)works are (G)nothing,
Their cast metal images are (H)wind and emptiness.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:28 Lit out of those
  2. Isaiah 41:29 Another reading is nothing

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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