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25 “I have raised up one from the north, and he has come,
    from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name,
    and he shall come on rulers as on mortar,
    and as the potter treads clay.
26 Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know?
    and before, that we may say, ‘He is right?’
Surely, there is no one who declares.
    Surely, there is no one who shows.
    Surely, there is no one who hears your words.
27 I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’
    and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.

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

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