Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
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Gill's Exposition
Show the things that are to come hereafter,.... From henceforward to the consummation of all things: so the Targum,
"show what shall come to the end;''
or at the end, the end of all things; or…
Barnes' Notes
That we may know that ye are gods - The prediction of future events is the highest evidence of omniscience, and of course of divinity. In this passage it is admitted that if they could do it, it would…
The Lord, by the prophet, here repeats the challenge to idolaters to make out the pretentions of their idols: "Produce your cause (Isa 41:21) and make your best of it; bring forth the strongest…
Cambridge Bible
do good, or do evil i.e. "do anything whatever, good or bad" (Jer 10:5; Zep 1:12), give any sign of vitality or intelligence.
that we may be dismayed Rather: that we may stare (in astonishment). (The…
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