12/18 (四)
以賽亞書 41：25-29
現代中文譯本（2019）
25 我已經在東方選定一個人；
我要他從北方來攻擊你們。
他踐踏君王，像踩踏汙泥，
像窯匠踩踏泥土。
26 你們當中有誰預言這事的發生，
使我們可以說他沒有錯誤呢？
你們當中誰都沒有提起這樣的事；
沒有人聽見你們說過這樣的話。
27 我—上主首先把這好消息報給錫安；
我打發使者到耶路撒冷說：
你們的同胞回來了！
28 我看看所有的神明，
沒有一個有話可說；
沒有一個會回答我的問題。
29 所有的神明都胸無一策；
它們都軟弱無能，
一事無成。
ESV
25 I stirred up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name; he shall trample on rulers as on mortar, as the potter treads clay.
26 Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and beforehand, that we might say, “He is right”? There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.
27 I was the first to say to Zion, “Behold, here they are!” and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
28 But when I look, there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer.
29 Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their metal images are empty wind.
《舊約-聖經背景註釋》
北方與日出的呼應 這節經文並無矛盾之處，因為都是指波斯王古列說的。他來自東方，卻從北方臨到「掌權的」（巴比倫），首先征服了亞美尼亞與美索不達米亞北部。四十一章2節也說古列來自東方。
