21 [a]Present your case,” the Lord says.
“Bring forward your strong arguments,”
The (A)King of Jacob says.
22 (B)Let them bring forth and declare to us what is going to take place;
As for the (C)former events, declare what they were,
That we may consider them and know their outcome.
Or announce to us what is coming;
23 (D)Declare the things that are going to come afterward,
That we may know that you are gods;
Indeed, (E)do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:21 Lit Bring near

21 “Present your case,(A)” says the Lord.
    “Set forth your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.(B)
22 “Tell us, you idols,
    what is going to happen.(C)
Tell us what the former things(D) were,
    so that we may consider them
    and know their final outcome.
Or declare to us the things to come,(E)
23     tell us what the future holds,
    so we may know(F) that you are gods.
Do something, whether good or bad,(G)
    so that we will be dismayed(H) and filled with fear.

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