21 "Present your case," says the Lord. "Set forth your arguments," says Jacob's King.
21 Produce
21 Set forth your case, says the Lord; bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.
21 "Set out your case for your gods," says God. "Bring your evidence," says the King of Jacob.
21 "Present your case," says the Lord. "Bring forth your strong reasons," says the King of Jacob.
21 "Present the case for your idols," says the Lord . "Let them show what they can do," says the King of Israel.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 41:21
Commentary on Isaiah 41:21-29
(Read Isaiah 41:21-29)
There needs no more to show the folly of sin, than to bring to notice the reasons given in defence of it. There is nothing in idols worthy of regard. They are less than nothing, and worse than nothing. Let the advocates of other doctrines than that of salvation through Christ, bring their arguments. Can they tell of a cure for human depravity? Jehovah has power which cannot be withstood; this he will make appear. But the certain knowledge of the future must be only with Jehovah, who fulfils his own plans. All prophecies, except those of the Bible, have been uncertain. In the work of redemption the Lord showed himself much more than in the release of the Jews from Babylon. The good tidings the Lord will send in the gospel, is a mystery hid from ages and generations. A Deliverer is raised up for us, of nobler name and greater power than the deliverer of the captive Jews. May we be numbered among his obedient servants and faithful friends.