What Does Isaiah 41:22 Mean?

“Let them bring them forth”

to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causati

“and shew”

properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“us what shall happen”

to light upon (chiefly by accident); specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)

“the former things”

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)

“and shew”

properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to

“what they be that we may consider”

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything

“them and know”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

“the latter end”

the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity

desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

“us things for to come”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“of them or declare”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)