Catholic Public Domain Version
"The first one will say to Zion: “Behold, they are here,” and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.” "
— Isaiah 41:27, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.”
“I am the first that saith unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. ”
“I am the first to say to Zion, 'Behold, look at them;' and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.”
“I first decreed to Zion,‘Look, here’s what will happen!’ I sent a herald to Jerusalem.”
“The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.”
“I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.”
“The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.”
Behold, you exist out of nothing, and your work is from what does not exist; he who has chosen you is an abomination.
I have raised up one from the north, and he will arrive from the rising of the sun. He will call upon my name, and he will reduce magistrates to mud, like a potter working with clay.
Who has announced this from its rising, so that we may know it, or from its beginning, so that we may say, “You are just.” There is no one who either announces, or predicts, or hears your words.
The first one will say to Zion: “Behold, they are here,” and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”
And I saw, and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
Behold, they are all unjust, and their works are empty. Their idols are wind and emptiness.