Isaiah 41:23
Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods. Yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of naught. An abomination is he who chooses you.
Cross References
Isaiah 19:12Where then are thy wise men? And let them tell thee now, and let them know what LORD of hosts has purposed concerning Egypt.
Isaiah 44:7And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? And let them declare the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass.
Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create evil. I am LORD who does all these things.
Isaiah 46:9Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is none else. [I am] God, and there is none like me,
John 13:19From henceforth I tell you before it happens, so that when it happens, ye may believe that I am.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 41:22-29
Idolatry Exposed. ( b. c. 708.) 21 Produce your cause, saith the Lord ; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 24 Behold, ye are of nothing,… Read the whole commentary →