41:21 “Present your argument,” says the Lord.
“Produce your evidence,” 1 says Jacob’s king. 2
41:22 “Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen!
Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, 3
so we may examine them 4 and see how they were fulfilled. 5
Or decree for us some future events!
1 tn Heb “strong [words],” see HALOT 870 s.v. *עֲצֻמוֹת.
2 sn Apparently this challenge is addressed to the pagan idol gods, see vv. 23-24.
3 tn Heb “As for the former things, tell us what they are!”
4 tn Heb “so we might set [them to] our heart.”
5 tn Heb “and might know their outcome.”