23 aShow the things that are to come hereafter,
That we may know that you are gods;
Yes, bdo good or do evil,
That we may be dismayed and see it together.
That we may know that you are gods;
Yes, bdo good or do evil,
That we may be dismayed and see it together.
25 “I have raised up one from the1 north,
And he shall come;
From the rising of the sun ahe shall call on My name;
bAnd he shall come against princes as though mortar,
As the potter treads clay.
And he shall come;
From the rising of the sun ahe shall call on My name;
bAnd he shall come against princes as though mortar,
As the potter treads clay.
26 aWho has declared from the beginning, that we may know?
And former times, that we may say, ‘He is righteous’?
Surely there is no one who shows,
Surely there is no one who declares,
Surely there is no one who hears your words.
And former times, that we may say, ‘He is righteous’?
Surely there is no one who shows,
Surely there is no one who declares,
Surely there is no one who hears your words.
27 aThe first time bI said to Zion,
‘Look, there they are!’
And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings.
‘Look, there they are!’
And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings.
28 aFor I looked, and there was no man;
I looked among them, but there was no counselor,
Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
I looked among them, but there was no counselor,
Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 aIndeed they are all1 worthless;
Their works are nothing;
Their molded images are wind and confusion.
Their works are nothing;
Their molded images are wind and confusion.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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