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Firstרִאשׁוֹןto Zion:לְצִיּוֹן“Look,הִנֵּהlook at them”;הִנָּםand to Jerusalemוְלִירוּשָׁלִַםone who brings good newsמְבַשֵּׂרI will give.אֶתֵּן
Isaiah 41:27
Study it in the app“First to Zion: “Look, look at them”; and to Jerusalem one who brings good news I will give.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 41:27, word by word
- Firstרִאשׁוֹןrishon
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appears- to Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- and to Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- one who brings good newsמְבַשֵּׂרmevaser
proclaim
To make known the good things God does.
Where else “mevaser” appears- I will giveאֶתֵּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew of this verse is very brief and difficult; it was translated word by word.
Places in this verse
1Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
26Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and from before, that we might say, “He is right”? Indeed, there is no one who declared, indeed, there is no one who made it heard, indeed, there is no one who heard your words.
27 · This verse (above)
28And I look, and there is no one; and among these there is no counselor, that I may ask them and they may answer a word.