Isaiah 41:22 (DRB)

Passage

Let them come, and tell us all things that are to come: tell us the former things what they were: and we will set our heart upon them and shall know the latter end of them, and tell us the things that are to come.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 41:20 That they may see and know, and consider, and understand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

Isaiah 41:21 Bring your cause near, saith the Lord: bring hither, if you have any thing to allege, saith the King of Jacob.

Isaiah 41:22 Let them come, and tell us all things that are to come: tell us the former things what they were: and we will set our heart upon them and shall know the latter end of them, and tell us the things that are to come.

Isaiah 41:23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together.

Isaiah 41:24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "come", "tell", "former", and "heart". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "Bring your cause near saith the Lord..." into verse 23's "Shew the things that are to come...", so "all things" and "come" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.