Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Isaiah 41:27
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I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
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The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
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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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ASVAmerican Standard Version
[I am the] first [that saith] unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
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Isaiah 41
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
26 Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
27 I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
28 When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
29 See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
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