²² “Tell us, you idols,
    what is going to happen.^(A)
Tell us what the former things^(B) were,
    so that we may consider them
    and know their final outcome.
Or declare to us the things to come,^(C)

²⁶ Who told of this from the beginning,^(A) so we could know,
    or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
    no one foretold^(B) it,
    no one heard any words^(C) from you.

⁹ All the nations gather together^(A)
    and the peoples assemble.
Which of their gods foretold^(B) this
    and proclaimed to us the former things?
Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right,
    so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”