41:22 “Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen!
Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, 1
so we may examine them 2 and see how they were fulfilled. 3
Or decree for us some future events!
41:26 Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know?
Who announced it 4 ahead of time, so we could say, ‘He’s correct’?
Indeed, none of them decreed it!
Indeed, none of them announced it!
Indeed, no one heard you say anything!
1 tn Heb “As for the former things, tell us what they are!”
2 tn Heb “so we might set [them to] our heart.”
3 tn Heb “and might know their outcome.”
4 tn The words “who announced it” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The interrogative particle and verb are understood by ellipsis (see the preceding line).