Yǐsaìyàshū 41:26

26 Shuí cóng qǐchū zhǐ míng zhè shì , shǐ wǒmen zhīdào ne . shuí cóng xiānqián shuō míng , shǐ wǒmen shuō , tā búcuò ne . shuí yĕ méiyǒu zhǐ míng , shuí yĕ méiyǒu shuō míng . shuí yĕ méiyǒu tīngjian nǐmen de huà .

Yǐsaìyàshū 41:26 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 41:26

Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know?
&c.] Who of the idols, or of their priests, that have declared things future before they came to pass, or ever predicted such an event as this before mentioned; which, if understood of Cyrus, was an hundred and fifty years before it came to pass; and if of Constantine, near a thousand years: and before time, that we may say, he is righteous?
that is, who hath declared things before the time of the accomplishment of them, and they have come to pass, as they have been declared? by which it may be known that they are gods, or the priests of such that are so, by their having prescience of future events, or the spirit of prophecy; and so it may be said of them, that they are just in their pretensions, and have a rightful claim to deity, or are true prophets; so the Targum,

``that we may say it is true''

yea, there is none that showeth, yea, there is none that declareth;
that shows and declares things to come, or such as the true God shows and declares: yea, there is none that heareth your words;
none of your worshippers that ever heard you speak a word, who, when they have prayed to you, could never have an answer; and therefore you have no just claim to deity; or ever heard any of your prophets say such a thing should come to pass, and it did.

Yǐsaìyàshū 41:26 In-Context

24 Kàn nǎ , nǐmen shǔ hū xū wú , nǐmen de zuòwéi yĕ shǔ hū xū wú . nà xuǎnzé nǐmen de shì kĕ zēngwù de .

25 Wǒ cóng bĕi fāng xīngqǐ yī rén , tā shì qiúgào wǒ míng de , cóng rì chū zhī dì ér lái . tā bì líndào zhǎngquán de , hǎoxiàng líndào huīní , fǎngfú yáo jiàng chuaì ní yíyàng .

26 Shuí cóng qǐchū zhǐ míng zhè shì , shǐ wǒmen zhīdào ne . shuí cóng xiānqián shuō míng , shǐ wǒmen shuō , tā búcuò ne . shuí yĕ méiyǒu zhǐ míng , shuí yĕ méiyǒu shuō míng . shuí yĕ méiyǒu tīngjian nǐmen de huà .

27 Wǒ shǒuxiān duì Xī \'ān shuō , kàn nǎ , wǒ yào jiāng yī wèi bào hǎo xìnxī de cìgĕi Yēlùsǎlĕng .

28 Wǒ kàn de shíhou bìng méiyǒu rén , wǒ wèn de shíhou tāmen zhōngjiān yĕ méiyǒu móu shì , kĕyǐ huídá yī jù .