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Isaiah 41:22 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 22. 22Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen” at Isaiah 41:22 as a specific part of “The Idols Cannot Explain Past or Future.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 41:21–29
Read Isaiah 41:22 with 41:21–29. By itself, “Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The courtroom challenges rival gods to announce events or act; their silence contrasts with the raised northern/eastern agent and Zion's herald.
Why It Needs Context
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen” at Isaiah 41:22 as a specific part of “The Idols Cannot Explain Past or Future.” The line cannot responsibly stand apart from the dated setting, surrounding images or speech, and Isaiah 41:21–29's conclusion.
Continue in Context
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Read Isaiah 41:21–29 — The Idols Cannot Explain Past or FutureSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 41:21–29, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
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Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 41:21–29 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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