21. “Submit your case,” says the Lord.“Present your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.
22. “Let them come and tell uswhat will happen. Tell us the past events,so that we may reflect on themand know the outcome,or tell us the future.
23. Tell us the coming events, then we will know that you are gods.Indeed, do something good or bad,then we will be in awe and perceive.
24. Look, you are nothing and your work is worthless.Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
25. “I have raised up one from the north, and he has come,one from the east who invokes My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mud,like a potter who treads the clay.