Isaiah 41:28

I look at these idols, and find there is no one who can say anything. None of them can give advice; when I ask them something, they can't even answer.

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In The King James Version

For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

In Context

27I was the first to announce to Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ I was the one who brought to Jerusalem the good news.

29Look at them! They're all evil, deceptive things. They can't do anything! They're just idols full of hot air!”

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Cross References

Isaiah 50:2When I came, why wasn't anyone there? When I called, why didn't anyone answer? Is it because I don't have the strength to save you, or the power to rescue you? Can't you see that if I order it, the sea will dry up? I can turn rivers into a desert. Their fish stink because they've died of thirst since there's no water.

Isaiah 63:5I looked around, but no one came to help; I was shocked that there was no one to assist me. So I saved them through my own strength alone, and my own anger kept me going.

Daniel 4:7When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in I told them the dream, but they couldn't explain to me what it meant.

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 →

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