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25 I stirred up one from the north,
    and he has come from the rising of the sun.

He shall call on my name,

and he shall come on officials as on mortar,
    and as the potter[a] treads clay.
26 Who declared it from the beginning[b] so that[c] we might know,
    and beforehand[d] so that[e] we might say, “He is right!”[f]
Indeed, there was no one who declared it;
    Indeed, there was no one who proclaimed it.
        Indeed there was no one who heard your words.

27 First to Zion, look! Look at them!

And I give a herald[g] of good tidings to Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:25 Literally “creator”
  2. Isaiah 41:26 Literally “head”
  3. Isaiah 41:26 Or “and”
  4. Isaiah 41:26 Literally “from before faces”
  5. Isaiah 41:26 Or “and”
  6. Isaiah 41:26 Literally “righteous”
  7. Isaiah 41:27 Or “bringer”