Isaiah 41:26 (YLT)

Passage

Who hath declared from the first, and we know? And beforetime, and we say, `Righteous?' yea, there is none declaring, Yea, there is none proclaiming, Yea, there is none hearing your sayings.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 41:24 Lo, ye <FI>are<Fi> of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination--it fixeth on you.

Isaiah 41:25 I have stirred up <FI>one<Fi> from the north, And he cometh, From the rising of the sun he calleth in My name, And he cometh in <FI>on<Fi> prefects as <FI>on<Fi> clay, And as a potter treadeth down mire.

Isaiah 41:26 Who hath declared from the first, and we know? And beforetime, and we say, `Righteous?' yea, there is none declaring, Yea, there is none proclaiming, Yea, there is none hearing your sayings.

Isaiah 41:27 First to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give,

Isaiah 41:28 And I see that there is no man, Yea, of these that there is no counsellor, And I ask them, and they return word:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "declared", "first", "beforetime", "righteous", "none", and "declaring". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "declared", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "I have stirred up FI one Fi..." into verse 27's "First to Zion Behold behold them And...", so "hath" and "declared" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hath" and "declared" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.