24 Behold, ye are of no value, and your making is of naught: man hath [a]chosen an abomination by them.

25 ¶ I have raised up from the [b]North, and he shall come: from the East sun shall he [c]call upon my name, and shall come upon [d]princes as upon clay, and as the potter treadeth mire under the foot.

26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? or before time, that we may say, He is righteous? Surely there is none that showeth: surely there is none that declareth: surely there is none that heareth [e]your words.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:24 So that a man cannot make an idol, but he must do that which God detesteth and abhoreth: for he chooseth his own devices and forsaketh the Lord’s.
  2. Isaiah 41:25 Meaning, the Chaldeans.
  3. Isaiah 41:25 That is, Cyrus, who shall do all things in my name and by my direction: whereby he meaneth that both their captivity and deliverance shall be ordered by God’s providence and appointment.
  4. Isaiah 41:25 Both of the Chaldeans and others.
  5. Isaiah 41:26 Meaning, that none of the Gentile gods can work any of these things.

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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