Isaiah 41:23

Predict how future events will turn out, ¹  so we might know you are gods. Yes, do something good or bad, so we might be frightened and in awe. ² 

Isa 42:9; Isa 44:7,8; Isa 45:7; Isa 45:8; Isa 46:7; Isa 46:9,10; Jer 10:5; Joh 13:19; Ac 15:18

¹ tn Heb “Declare the coming things, with respect to the end.”

² tc The translation assumes the Qere (וְנִרְאֶה [vÿnir’eh], from יָרֵא [yare’], “be afraid”).

tn Heb “so we might be frightened and afraid together.” On the meaning of the verb שָׁתָע (shata’), see the note at v. 10.