25. I have stirred up one out of the north and he advances,one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name.He steps on rulers as if they were clay,like a potter treading the clay.
26. Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know?Who announced it ahead of time, so we could say, ‘He’s correct’?Indeed, none of them decreed it!Indeed, none of them announced it!Indeed, no one heard you say anything!
27. I first decreed to Zion, ‘Look, here’s what will happen!’ I sent a herald to Jerusalem.
28. I look, but there is no one,among them there is no one who serves as an adviser,that I might ask questions and receive answers.
29. Look, all of them are nothing,their accomplishments are nonexistent;their metal images lack any real substance.