News approaches from the north

25I have stirred up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun he calls on my name. He will come upon rulers as upon clay, and like a potter he treads mud.

26Who declared it from the beginning, so that we might know, and beforehand, so that we might say, ‘He is right’? But there was no one declaring it, no one making it heard, no one hearing your words.

27The first says to Zion, ‘Look, here they are!’ and to Jerusalem I give a herald of good news.