27I was the first to tell Zion, 'Look, here they are!' I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good tidings.


In Context

24 But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; he who chooses you is detestable.

25 "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.

26 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.

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

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

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

Isaiah 41:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:27The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

41:27The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

41:27I am the first that saith unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:27The first, I said to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

41:27I first will say unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

41:27I am the first to say to Zion, 'Behold, look at them;' and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

41:27First to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

41:27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that brings good tidings.