⁴ Who has done this and carried it through,
    calling^(A) forth the generations from the beginning?^(B)
I, the Lord—with the first of them
    and with the last^(C)—I am he.^(D)”

²¹ “Present your case,^(A)” says the Lord.
    “Set forth your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.^(B)
22 “Tell us, you idols,
    what is going to happen.^(C)
Tell us what the former things^(D) were,
    so that we may consider them
    and know their final outcome.
Or declare to us the things to come,^(E)
23     tell us what the future holds,
    so we may know^(F) that you are gods.
Do something, whether good or bad,^(G)
    so that we will be dismayed^(H) and filled with fear.

²⁶ Who told of this from the beginning,^(A) so we could know,
    or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
    no one foretold^(B) it,
    no one heard any words^(C) from you.
²⁷ I was the first to tell^(D) Zion, ‘Look, here they are!’
    I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.^(E)
28 I look but there is no one^(F)—
    no one among the gods to give counsel,^(G)
    no one to give answer^(H) when I ask them.