Isaiah 41:28

When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

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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 tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.

29See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.

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Cross References

Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

Isaiah 63:5I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.

Daniel 4:7When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.

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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