\q1 'present your best arguments for your idols,' says the King of Jacob.
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\v 22 Let them bring us their own arguments; have them come forward and declare to us what will happen,
\q1 so we may know these things well.
\q1 Have them tell us of earlier predictive declarations, so we can reflect on them and know how they were fulfilled.
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\v 23 Tell things about the future, that we may know if you are gods;
\q1 do something good or evil, that we may be frightened and impressed.
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\v 24 See, you idols are nothing and your deeds are nothing; the one who chooses you is detestable.
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\v 25 I have raised up one from the north, and he comes; from the sun's rising I summon him who calls on my name,
\q1 and he will trample the rulers like mud, like a potter who is treading on the clay.
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\v 26 Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know? Before this time, that we may say, 'He is right'?
\q1 Indeed none of them decreed it, yes, none heard you say anything.
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\v 27 I first said to Zion, 'Look here they are!' I sent a herald to Jerusalem.
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\v 9 Indeed I will weep along with Jazer for the vineyard of Sibmah.
\q1 I will water you with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh.
\q1 For on your fields of summer fruits and harvest I have ended the shouts of joy.
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