Isaiah 41:27
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.In other versions
`I am the' first `that saith' unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
ASV
I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.
BBE
The first, [I said] to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.
DBY
[I am the] first [who says] to Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good news.
WEB
First to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give,
YLT
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that brings good tidings.
ENG
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
WBT
I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
BSB
In context
25I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
28For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.