²¹ “Present your case,” says the Lord.
“Bring forth your strong reasons,” says the ^(A)King of Jacob.

²² “Let^(A) them bring forth and show us what will happen;
Let them show the ^(B)former things, what they were,
That we may ^[a]consider them,
And know the latter end of them;
Or declare to us things to come.

^26 (A)Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know?
And former times, that we may say, ‘He is righteous’?
Surely there is no one who shows,
Surely there is no one who declares,
Surely there is no one who hears your words.