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Text -- Isaiah 41:19-29 (NET)
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41:19 I will make cedars , acacias , myrtles , and olive trees grow in the wilderness ; I will make evergreens , firs , and cypresses grow together in the desert .
41:20 I will do this so people will observe and recognize , so they will pay attention and understand that the Lord’s power has accomplished this , and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.”
The Lord Challenges the Pagan Gods
41:21 “Present your argument ,” says the Lord . “Produce your evidence ,” says Jacob’s king .
41:22 “Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen ! Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, so we may examine them and see how they were fulfilled . Or decree for us some future events!
41:23 Predict how future events will turn out , so we might know you are gods . Yes , do something good or bad , so we might be frightened and in awe .
41:24 Look , you are nothing , and your accomplishments are nonexistent ; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting .
41:25 I have stirred up one out of the north and he advances , one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name . He steps on rulers as if they were clay , like a potter treading the clay .
41:26 Who decreed this from the beginning , so we could know ? Who announced it ahead of time, so we could say , ‘He’s correct ’? Indeed , none of them decreed it! Indeed , none of them announced it! Indeed , no one heard you say anything !
41:27 I first decreed to Zion , ‘Look , here’s what will happen!’ I sent a herald to Jerusalem .
41:28 I look , but there is no one , among them there is no one who serves as an adviser , that I might ask questions and receive answers .
41:29 Look , all of them are nothing , their accomplishments are nonexistent ; their metal images lack any real substance .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
GODS |
Isaiah, The Book of |
ISAIAH, 1-7 |
Idolatry |
OMNISCIENCE |
Condescension of God |
ISAIAH, 8-9 |
DIVINATION |
Clay |
Myrtle |
PINE TREE |
Mortar |
BOX-TREE |
GOD, 2 |
OIL TREE |
NOTHING |
ACACIA |
FORETELL; FORETOLD |
Pottery |
BRING |
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