Isaiah 41:27

A harbinger unto Zion will I give: 'Behold, behold them', and to Jerusalem a messenger of good tidings.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say that he is right? Yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that announceth, yea, there is none that heareth your utterances.

28And I look, but there is no man; even among them, but there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can give an answer.

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Cross References

Ezra 1:1NOW IN the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:

Isaiah 41:4Who hath wrought and done it? He that called the generations from the beginning. I, the LORD, who am the first, and with the last am the same.

Isaiah 44:6Thus saith the LORD, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the LORD of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and beside Me there is no God.

Isaiah 48:3I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of My mouth, and I announced them; suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.

Isaiah 52:7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger of good tidings, that announceth peace, the harbinger of good tidings, that announceth salvation; that saith unto Zion: 'Thy God reigneth!'

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 41:22-29

Idolatry Exposed. ( b. c. 708.) 21 Produce your cause, saith the Lord ; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 24 Behold, ye are of nothing,… Read the whole commentary →

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