King James Version
Isaiah 41:27 in the King James Version says “The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.”
Isaiah 41:27 · KJV
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
For 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. answer: Heb. return
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“one that bringeth good tidings”
H1319properly, to be fresh, i.e., full (rosy, figuratively cheerful); to announce (glad news)
“them and I will give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
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