Isaiah 41:25-27

Expanded Bible

²⁵ “I have ·brought [stirred up] someone to come out of the north [^CCyrus, king of Persia; 41:2; 44:28—45:6; 46:11; 48:14–16].
    ·I have called him by name from the east [or…one from the east/rising sun who calls on my name].
He ·walks on kings [tramples on rulers] as if they were ·mud [mortar],
    just as a potter ·walks [treads] on the clay.
²⁶ Who ·told us about [declared; decreed] this ·before it happened [^Lfrom the beginning]?
    Who told us ahead of time so we could say, ‘He was right’?
·None of you [^LIndeed no one] told us anything;
    ·none of you [^Lindeed no one] told us before it happened;
    ·no one [^Lindeed no one] heard you tell about it.
²⁷ I, the Lord, was the first one to tell ·Jerusalem [^LZion] ·that the people were coming home [or “Look, help is coming!”; ^L“Look, here they are!”].
    I sent a messenger to Jerusalem with the good news.