25 I woke up one from the north and he came;from the east, one who calls my name.He tramples governors like mud,as a potter treads clay.
26 Who announced this from the startso that we would know;from an earlier timeso we would say, "That’s right"?Truly, no one announced it,no one proclaimed it,and no one heard your words.
27 I first said it to Zion, "Look, here they are";to Jerusalem I now send a herald.
28 But I look, and there’s no oneamong them, no counselor;and when I ask,no one can answer.
29 Look, all of them are frauds;their deeds amount to nothing;their images are a total delusion.