King James Version

What Does Isaiah 43:9 Mean?

Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

Context

7

Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

8

Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

9

Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

10

Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. no: or, nothing formed of God

11

I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.

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Commentary

Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(9) **Who among them . . .**—The challenge of Isaiah 41:22-23 is repeated. Who among their gods has foretold the “former things”? has predicted events that were then in the future, and have now come to pass?

Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.

Historical Context

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Theological Significance

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