A prediction about Cyrus

25 “But I have incited/urged a ruler who will come with his army from the north.

I have summoned him to come from his country, which is east of Israel,

and I have given him my authority [MTY].

I will enable his army to conquer other rulers;

they will trample those leaders like [SIM] a man who makes clay pots first tramples the clay.

26 ◄Who told you people long ago that this would happen?/No one told you people long ago that this would happen!► [RHQ]

◄Who predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’?/No one predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’► [RHQ]

No one else said that it would happen.

27 I was the first one to tell the people of Jerusalem,

‘Listen to this! I have appointed a messenger to tell good news to you!’

28 None of your idols told you that [DOU].

And when I asked them questions, none of them was able to give me any answers.

29 Think about it: Those idols are all useless, worthless [DOU] things.

They are as meaningless as [MET] the wind.”