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


In Context

24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.

25 |I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.

26 Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? And before, that we may say, 'He is right?' Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.

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

28 When I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

29 Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

41:27I was the first to tell Zion, 'Look, here they are!' I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of 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 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.