Isaiah 41:26

Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know? Before this time, that we may say, “He is right”? 1 Indeed none of them decreed it, yes, none heard you say anything. 1

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Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

In Context

25I have raised up one from the north, and he comes; from the sun's rising I summon him who calls on my name, 1 and he will trample the rulers like mud, like a potter who is treading on the clay. 1

27I first said to Zion, “Look here they are;” I sent a herald to Jerusalem. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 43:9All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. 1 Who among them could have declared this and announced to us earlier events? 1 Let them bring their witnesses to prove themselves right, let them listen and affirm, 'It is true.' 1

Isaiah 45:21Come close and declare it to me, bring the evidence! Let them conspire together. 1 Who has shown this from long ago? Who announced it? 1 Was it not I, Yahweh? There is no God except me, a just God and a Savior; there is no one besides me. 1

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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