Isaiah 41:23

Tell ye what things shall come in time to coming, and we shall know, that ye be gods; also do ye well, either evil, if ye may, (or and also do ye good, or evil, if ye can, to make us afraid, and in awe); and speak we, and see we (it) together.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Shew 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.

In Context

22Nigh, and tell to us, whatever things shall come, (or Come near, or come close, and tell us, what shall come); tell ye the former things that were, and we shall set (them in) our heart, and shall know (them); show ye to us the last things of them, and those things that shall come.

24Lo! ye be of nought, and your work is of that that is not; he that choose you, is abomination. (Behold! ye be nothing, and your work (is) nothing; he who chooseth you, is an abomination.)

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Cross References

Isaiah 19:12Where be now thy wise men? Tell they to thee, and show they, what the Lord of hosts thought on Egypt. (Where be thy wise men now? Tell they to thee, and show they, what the Lord of hosts thought about Egypt.)

Isaiah 44:7Who is like me? call he, and tell, and declare (the) order (of things) to me, since I made [the] eld people (or since I made the people of old, or long ago); tell he (out) to them (the) things to coming, and that (that) shall be.

Isaiah 45:7forming light, and making darknesses, making peace, and forming evil; I am the Lord, doing all these things.

Isaiah 46:9Bethink ye on the former world, for I am God, no God is over me, neither is like me. (Remember the former times, for I am God, and there is no god over me, nor is there anyone who is even like me.)

John 13:19Truly, I say to you before it be done, (so) that when it is done, ye believe that I am (or ye believe who 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 →

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