Isaiah 44:7 - Exposition

Who, as I, shall call , etc.? i.e. "Who will do (or who can do) as I do—call events into being, declare them, and set them in order beforehand—who can do this for me (or, in my stead)? No one. I have done it, ever since I appointed (or, placed upon earth) the ancient people" that is, the race of men before the Flood (see Job 22:15 ). The claim is that, from the first creation of mankind, God has not only prearranged the events that should happen, but has declared them by the mouth of prophets (see Genesis 3:15 ; Genesis 6:13 , Genesis 6:17 ; Genesis 8:22 , 23; Genesis 9:12-16 , etc.). No other has done the same. The things that are coming, and shall come . Not earlier and later events, but "future events," and "such as will actually come to pass" (Kay, Cheyne). Let the idol-gods declare these, if they are to be entitled to consideration.