25. “But I have stirred up a leader who will approach from the north.From the east he will call on my name.I will give him victory over kings and princes.He will trample them as a potter treads on clay.
26. “Who told you from the beginningthat this would happen?Who predicted this,making you admit that he was right?No one said a word!
27. I was the first to tell Zion,‘Look! Help is on the way!’I will send Jerusalem a messenger with good news.
28. Not one of your idols told you this.Not one gave any answer when I asked.
29. See, they are all foolish, worthless things.All your idols are as empty as the wind.