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"I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes- one from the rising sun who calls on my name. He treads on rulers as if they were mortar, as if he were a potter treading the clay.

"I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes— one from the rising sun who calls on my name. He treads on rulers as if they were mortar, as if he were a potter treading the clay.

Who told of this from the beginning, so we could know, or beforehand, so we could say, 'He was right'? No one told of this, no one foretold it, no one heard any words from you.

Who told of this from the beginning, so we could know, or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right'? No one told of this, no one foretold it, no one heard any words from you.

I was the first to tell Zion, 'Look, here they are!' I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good tidings.

I was the first to tell Zion, ‘Look, here they are!' I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.

I look but there is no one- no one among them to give counsel, no one to give answer when I ask them.

I look but there is no one— no one among the gods to give counsel, no one to give answer when I ask them.

See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion.

See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion.