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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:
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation
 · Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
 · Zion one of the hills on which Jerusalem was built; the temple area; the city of Jerusalem; God's people,a town and citidel; an ancient part of Jerusalem


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 | more
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NET Notes: Isa 41:20 Or “created it” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “has made it happen.”

NET Notes: Isa 41:21 Apparently this challenge is addressed to the pagan idol gods, see vv. 23-24.

NET Notes: Isa 41:22 Heb “and might know their outcome.”

NET Notes: Isa 41:23 Heb “so we might be frightened and afraid together.” On the meaning of the verb שָׁתָע (shata’),...

NET Notes: Isa 41:24 Heb “an object of disgust [is he who] chooses you.”

NET Notes: Isa 41:25 The Hebrew text has וְיָבֹא (vÿyavo’, “and he comes”), but this is likely a corruptio...

NET Notes: Isa 41:26 The words “who announced it” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The interrogative particle and verb are understood by elli...

NET Notes: Isa 41:27 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

NET Notes: Isa 41:29 Heb “their statues are wind and nothing”; NASB “wind and emptiness”; NIV “wind and confusion.”

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