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24 See, you are nothing. And your work is nothing. He who chooses you is hated and sinful.

25 “I have called one from the north, and he has come. From the rising of the sun he will call on My name. He will step hard on rulers as on builder’s clay, as the pot-maker steps hard on clay.” 26 Who has said this from the beginning, that we might know, or from times long ago, that we might say, “He is right”? There was no one who said it, no one who made it known, no one who heard your words.

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24 But you are less than nothing(A)
    and your works are utterly worthless;(B)
    whoever chooses you is detestable.(C)

25 “I have stirred(D) up one from the north,(E) and he comes—
    one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads(F) on rulers as if they were mortar,
    as if he were a potter treading the clay.
26 Who told of this from the beginning,(G) so we could know,
    or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
    no one foretold(H) it,
    no one heard any words(I) from you.

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