Isaiah 41:23

The Futility of Idols

21 “Present your case,” says the Lord.
“Bring forth your strong reasons,” says the ^aKing of Jacob.

22 “Let^a them bring forth and show us what will happen;
Let them show the ^bformer things, what they were,
That we may¹ consider them,
And know the latter end of them;
Or declare to us things to come.

23 ^aShow the things that are to come hereafter,
That we may know that you are gods;
Yes, ^bdo good or do evil,
That we may be dismayed and see it together.

24 Indeed ^ayou are nothing,
And your work is nothing;
He who chooses you is an abomination.

25 “I have raised up one from the¹ north,
And he shall come;
From the rising of the sun ^ahe shall call on My name;
^bAnd he shall come against princes as though mortar,
As the potter treads clay.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 41:23

That we may be dismayed, and behold it together "Then shall we be struck at once with admiration and terror" - The word venere is written imperfectly in the Hebrew text; the Masoretes supply he at the end; and so it is read in twenty-two MSS. and four editions; that is, venireh , and we shall see. But the true reading seems to be venira , and we shall fear, with yod supplied, from yara .

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