Isaiah 41:27

Isaiah 41:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
• New International Version (NIV)I was the first to tell Zion, ‘Look, here they are!’ I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I was the first to say to Zion, "Behold, here they are!" and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The first time I said to Zion, ‘Look, there they are!’ And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings.

Context of Isaiah 41:27

25“I have stirred up one from the north, and he has come, one from the east who invokes my name. He will march over rulers as if they were mud, like a potter who treads the clay. 26Who told about this from the beginning, so that we might know, and from times past, so that we might say, ‘He is right’? No one announced it, no one told it, no one heard your words. I was the first to say to Zion, ‘Look! Here they are!’ And I gave Jerusalem a herald with good news. 28When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say. 29Look, all of them are a delusion; their works are nonexistent; their images are wind and emptiness.

Isaiah 41:27 word by word

רִאשׁ֥וֹן לְצִיּ֖וֹן הִנֵּ֣ה הִנָּ֑ם וְלִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם מְבַשֵּׂ֥ר אֶתֵּֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• to Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• them: and I will giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• one that bringeth good tidingsבָּשַׂרbâώar · to bear tidingsH1319

Cross-references for Isaiah 41:27

• Isaiah 41:4Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I am the Lord, the first and with the last — I am he.”
• Isaiah 43:10“You are my witnesses” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and there will be none after me.
• Isaiah 44:6This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, the Lord of Armies, says: I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.
• Isaiah 48:12“Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, the one called by me: I am he; I am the first, I am also the last.
• Revelation 2:8“Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: Thus says the First and the Last, the one who was dead and came to life:
• Isaiah 40:9Zion, herald of good news, go up on a high mountain. Jerusalem, herald of good news, raise your voice loudly. Raise it, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
• Isaiah 44:28who says to Cyrus, “My shepherd, he will fulfill all my pleasure” and says to Jerusalem, “She will be rebuilt,” and of the temple, “Its foundation will be laid.”
• Isaiah 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the herald, who proclaims peace, who brings news of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
• Ezra 1:1In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord roused the spirit of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing:
• Nahum 1:15Look to the mountains — the feet of the herald, who proclaims peace. Celebrate your festivals, Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked one will never again march through you; he will be entirely wiped out.
• Luke 2:10But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:
• Romans 10:15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.

Commentaries on Isaiah 41:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them "I first to Zion gave the word, Behold they are here" - This verse is somewhat obscure by the transposition of the parts of the sentence, and the peculiar manner in which it is divided into two parallel lines. The verb at the end of the sentence belongs to both parts; and the phrase, Behold, they are here! is parallel to the messenger of glad tidings; and stands like it, as the accusative case to the verb…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27The first shall say to Zion - This translation is unhappy. It does not convey any clear meaning, nor is it possible from the translation to conjecture what the word first‘ refers to. The correct rendering undoubtedly is, I first said to Zion;‘ and the sense is, I, Yahweh, first gave to Zion the announcement of these things. I predicted the restoration of the Jews to their own land, and the raising up of the man who should deliver them; and I only have…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-29Verses 21-29 There needs no more to show the folly of sin, than to bring to notice the reasons given in defence of it. There is nothing in idols worthy of regard. They are less than nothing, and worse than nothing. Let the advocates of other doctrines than that of salvation through Christ, bring their arguments. Can they tell of a cure for human depravity? Jehovah has power which cannot be withstood; this he will make appear. But the certain knowledge of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27The messenger with good news announced that God would come to save his people (see Isaiah 40:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. Rather, "I first will give to Zion and to Jerusalem the messenger of good tidings, Behold, behold them!" The clause, "Behold ... them" (the wished-for event is now present) is inserted in the middle of the sentence as a detached exclamation, by an elegant transposition, the language being framed abruptly, as one would speak in putting vividly as it were, before the eyes of others, some joyous event which he had just learned [Ludovicus De Dieu]…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 41:27

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Commentaries on Isaiah 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings