Isaiah 41:20-26

New International Version

²⁰ so that people may see and know,^(A)
    may consider and understand,^(B)
that the hand^(C) of the Lord has done this,
    that the Holy One^(D) of Israel has created^(E) it.

²¹ “Present your case,^(F)” says the Lord.
    “Set forth your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.^(G)
22 “Tell us, you idols,
    what is going to happen.^(H)
Tell us what the former things^(I) were,
    so that we may consider them
    and know their final outcome.
Or declare to us the things to come,^(J)
23     tell us what the future holds,
    so we may know^(K) that you are gods.
Do something, whether good or bad,^(L)
    so that we will be dismayed^(M) and filled with fear.
²⁴ But you are less than nothing^(N)
    and your works are utterly worthless;^(O)
    whoever chooses you is detestable.^(P)

²⁵ “I have stirred^(Q) up one from the north,^(R) and he comes—
    one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads^(S) on rulers as if they were mortar,
    as if he were a potter treading the clay.
²⁶ Who told of this from the beginning,^(T) so we could know,
    or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
    no one foretold^(U) it,
    no one heard any words^(V) from you.