23 Tell us the coming events,(A)
then we will know that you are gods.
Indeed, do something good or bad,
then we will be in awe[a] and perceive.
24 Look, you are nothing(B)
and your work is worthless.
Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

25 “I have raised up one from the north,(C) and he has come,
one from the east(D) who invokes My[b] name.(E)
He will march over rulers as if they were mud,
like a potter who treads the clay.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:23 DSS read we may hear
  2. Isaiah 41:25 DSS read his

23     tell us what the future holds,
    so we may know(A) that you are gods.
Do something, whether good or bad,(B)
    so that we will be dismayed(C) and filled with fear.
24 But you are less than nothing(D)
    and your works are utterly worthless;(E)
    whoever chooses you is detestable.(F)

25 “I have stirred(G) up one from the north,(H) and he comes—
    one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads(I) on rulers as if they were mortar,
    as if he were a potter treading the clay.

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