Isaiah 43:9
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9 Let all the nations be gathered together,
And let the people be assembled.
(A)Who among them can declare this,
And show us former things?
Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified;
Or let them hear and say, “It is truth.”
Isaiah 44:7-9
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7 And (A)who can proclaim as I do?
Then let him declare it and set it in order for Me,
Since I appointed the ancient people.
And the things that are coming and shall come,
Let them show these to them.
8 Do not fear, nor be afraid;
(B)Have I not told you from that time, and declared it?
(C)You are My witnesses.
Is there a God besides Me?
Indeed (D)there is no other Rock;
I know not one.’ ”
Idolatry Is Foolishness
9 (E)Those who make an image, all of them are useless,
And their precious things shall not profit;
They are their own witnesses;
(F)They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed.
Isaiah 41:21-26
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The Futility of Idols
21 “Present your case,” says the Lord.
“Bring forth your strong reasons,” says the (A)King of Jacob.
22 “Let(B) them bring forth and show us what will happen;
Let them show the (C)former things, what they were,
That we may [a]consider them,
And know the latter end of them;
Or declare to us things to come.
23 (D)Show the things that are to come hereafter,
That we may know that you are gods;
Yes, (E)do good or do evil,
That we may be dismayed and see it together.
24 Indeed (F)you are nothing,
And your work is nothing;
He who chooses you is an abomination.
25 “I have raised up one from the north,
And he shall come;
From the [b]rising of the sun (G)he shall call on My name;
(H)And he shall come against princes as though mortar,
As the potter treads clay.
26 (I)Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know?
And former times, that we may say, ‘He is righteous’?
Surely there is no one who shows,
Surely there is no one who declares,
Surely there is no one who hears your words.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:22 Lit. set our heart on them
- Isaiah 41:25 East
Isaiah 46:10
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10 (A)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
Isaiah 43:26
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26 Put Me in remembrance;
Let us contend together;
State your case, that you may be [a]acquitted.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 43:26 justified
Isaiah 41:1
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Israel Assured of God’s Help
41 “Keep (A)silence before Me, O coastlands,
And let the people renew their strength!
Let them come near, then let them speak;
Let us (B)come near together for judgment.
Psalm 50:1
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God the Righteous Judge
A Psalm of Asaph.
50 The (A)Mighty One, God the Lord,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.
Joel 3:11
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11 Assemble and come, all you nations,
And gather together all around.
Cause (A)Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.
Isaiah 48:14
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14 “All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
Who among them has declared these things?
(A)The Lord loves him;
(B)He shall do His pleasure on Babylon,
And His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
Isaiah 48:5-6
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5 Even from the beginning I have declared it to you;
Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you,
Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my molded image
Have commanded them.’
6 “You have heard;
See all this.
And will you not declare it?
I have made you hear new things from this time,
Even hidden things, and you did not know them.
Isaiah 45:20-21
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20 “Assemble yourselves and come;
Draw near together,
You who have escaped from the nations.
(A)They have no knowledge,
Who carry the wood of their carved image,
And pray to a god that cannot save.
21 Tell and bring forth your case;
Yes, let them take counsel together.
(B)Who has declared this from ancient time?
Who has told it from that time?
Have not I, the Lord?
(C)And there is no other God besides Me,
A just God and a Savior;
There is none besides Me.
Psalm 49:1-2
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The Confidence of the Foolish
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
49 Hear this, all peoples;
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
2 Both low and high,
Rich and poor together.
1 Kings 18:36-39
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36 And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “Lord (A)God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, (B)let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that (C)I have done all these things at Your word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that You are the Lord God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”
38 Then (D)the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, (E)“The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!”
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1 Kings 18:21-24
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21 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, (A)“How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, (B)follow him.” But the people answered him not a word. 22 Then Elijah said to the people, (C)“I alone am left a prophet of the Lord; (D)but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 23 Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it. 24 Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord; and the God who (E)answers by fire, He is God.”
So all the people answered and said, [a]“It is well spoken.”
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- 1 Kings 18:24 Lit. The word is good
Joshua 24:15-24
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15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, (A)choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether (B)the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of [a]the River, or (C)the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. (D)But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
16 So the people answered and said: “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; 17 for the Lord our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way that we went and among all the people through whom we passed. 18 And the Lord drove out from before us all the people, including the Amorites who dwelt in the land. (E)We also will serve the Lord, for He is our God.”
19 But Joshua said to the people, (F)“You cannot serve the Lord, for He is a (G)holy God. He is (H)a jealous God; (I)He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 (J)If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, (K)then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good.”
21 And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord!”
22 So Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that (L)you have chosen the Lord for yourselves, to serve Him.”
And they said, “We are witnesses!”
23 “Now therefore,” he said, (M)“put away the foreign gods which are among you, and (N)incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel.”
24 And the people (O)said to Joshua, “The Lord our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!”
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- Joshua 24:15 The Euphrates
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