Isaiah 41:23

World English Bible (2000)

Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.

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  • Isa 42:9 : 9 Behold, the former things have happened, and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up."
  • Isa 44:7-8 : 7 Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen. 8 Don't fear, neither be afraid. Haven't I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don't know any other Rock."
  • Jer 10:5 : 5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don't speak: they must be carried, because they can't go. Don't be afraid of them; for they can't do evil, neither is it in them to do good."
  • John 13:19 : 19 From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.
  • Acts 15:18 : 18 All his works are known to God from eternity.'
  • Isa 45:3 : 3 I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.
  • Isa 45:7-8 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things. 8 Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.
  • Isa 46:7 : 7 They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands, from its place it shall not move: yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
  • Isa 46:9-9 : 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; [I am] God, and there is none like me; 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

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  • Isa 41:20-22
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    20 that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that the hand of Yahweh has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.

    21 Produce your cause," says Yahweh. "Bring forth your strong reasons," says the King of Jacob.

    22 "Let them announce, and declare to us what shall happen. Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.

  • Isa 43:8-9
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    8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.

    9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, "That is true."

  • 24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.

  • 19 Who say, "Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!"

  • 26 Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? And before, that we may say, 'He is right?' Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.

  • Isa 48:5-6
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    5 therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, 'My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has commanded them.'

    6 You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not declare it? "I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

  • 28 That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh.

  • 3 that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

  • 7 Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.

  • 20 Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?

  • 15 Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"

  • 2 and the sign or the wonder come to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, "Let us go after other gods" (which you have not known) "and let us serve them;"

  • 6 I said, "You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.

  • 16 Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children.

  • 17 "I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare:

  • 5 Come, and see God's deeds-- awesome work on behalf of the children of men.

  • 12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

  • 9 Behold, the former things have happened, and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up."

  • 5 "Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.

  • 11 It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

  • 3 Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

  • 21 For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.

  • 8 "Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind, you transgressors.

  • 27 that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.

  • 11 Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!

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    40 Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:

    41 'Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.'"

  • 20 "Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

  • 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'

  • 16 Those who see you will stare at you. They will ponder you, saying, "Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;

  • 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

  • 21 Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven't I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; There is no one besides me.

  • 23 For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'

  • 6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

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    6 Many say, "Who will show us any good?" Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

  • 3 I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they happened.

  • 12 Aren't you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.

  • 13 You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.

  • 24 "Remember that you magnify his work, whereof men have sung.

  • 10 They all will answer and ask you, "Have you also become as weak as we are? Have you become like us?"

  • 22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the sky give showers? Aren't you he, Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.

  • 18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?

  • 10 who tell the seers, "Don't see!" and to the prophets, "Don't prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.

  • 27 Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."

  • 11 Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you?

  • 2 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?"