Isaiah 41:22-24
International Standard Version
22 Let them approach and ask us,
‘What will happen?
As to the former things, what were they?
Tell us, so that we may consider them and know.
Or[a] the latter things or the things to come—
let us hear.
23 Tell us what the future holds,
so we may know that you are gods!
Yes, do something good or something bad,
so we may hear[b] and gaze at it together.’”
24 “Look! You and your work are less than nothing;[c]
whoever finds you pleasing is disgusting.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:22 So 1QIsaa; MT reads them. And we may know
- Isaiah 41:23 So 1QIsaa; MT reads stare at one another; cf. LXX
- Isaiah 41:24 So 1QIsaa; MT reads you are nothing, and your work means nothing
Isaiah 41:22-24
New International Version
22 “Tell us, you idols,
what is going to happen.(A)
Tell us what the former things(B) were,
so that we may consider them
and know their final outcome.
Or declare to us the things to come,(C)
23 tell us what the future holds,
so we may know(D) that you are gods.
Do something, whether good or bad,(E)
so that we will be dismayed(F) and filled with fear.
24 But you are less than nothing(G)
and your works are utterly worthless;(H)
whoever chooses you is detestable.(I)
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