Yahweh continues speaking to the people of Israel. ## Who among you has announced these things? ## Yahweh uses a question to emphasize that the idols have not told them these things. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]]) ## Yahweh's ally will accomplish his purpose against Babylon. He will carry out Yahweh's will against the Chaldeans. ## Both of these clauses mean the same thing and are used for emphasis. Here "ally" refers to Cyrus, the king of Persia. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) ## I, I ## The word "I" is repeated for emphasis.