25. I have raised up one from the north, and he is come; from the rising of the sun one that calleth upon my name: and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.
26. Who hath declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
27. I first will say unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
28. And when I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
29. Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought: their molten images are wind and confusion.