Isaiah 41:24-26

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²⁴“Look, you false gods are worthless. You cannot do anything. Only some horrible fool^[a] would want to worship you.”

The Lord Proves He Is the Only God

²⁵“I called someone in the north^[b] to come.
    He is coming from the east where the sun rises,
    and he honors my name.
He tramples kings
    the way a potter softens clay with his feet.

²⁶“Who told us about this before it happened
    so that we could say he was right?
None of your idols told us anything.
    They didn’t say a word,
    and they cannot hear anything you say.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 41:24 fool Literally, “horrible thing.” The Hebrew word usually describes idols and other wicked things that God hates.
Isaiah 41:25 someone in the north This probably means Cyrus, a king of Persia. He ruled about 550–530 B.C.