Isaiah 41:21-29 - Exposition

JEHOVAH 'S CONTROVERSY WITH THE NATIONS AND THEIR IDOL - GODS . The argument is now taken up from Isaiah 41:1-4 . Jehovah and his worshippers are on the one side; the idol-gods and their votaries on the other. The direct challenge, however, is given by Jehovah himself to the idols:

1 . What predictions of their own can they bring forward as proofs of supernatural knowledge?

2 . What indications can they give of power either to do good or to do evil ( Isaiah 41:22 , Isaiah 41:23 )? If they can do neither, they are vanity ( Isaiah 41:24 ). Jehovah has both reared up Cyrus he and he only—and has announced the good tidings to his people ( Isaiah 41:25-27 ). No such announcement has been made by the idol-gods; they are therefore mere "wind and confusion" ( Isaiah 41:28 , Isaiah 41:29 ).