26. Who hath declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, It is right? Indeed, there is none that declareth; no, none that sheweth; no, none that heareth your words.
27. The first, I said to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.
28. And I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, --and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29. Behold, they are all vanity, their works are nought, their molten images are wind and emptiness.