Isaiah 41:21 (LSB)

Passage

“Bring near your case,” Yahweh says. “Bring forward your mighty arguments,” The King of Jacob says.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 41:19 I will put the cedar in the wilderness, The acacia and the myrtle and the olive tree; I will place the juniper in the desert Together with the box tree and the cypress,

Isaiah 41:20 That they may see and know, And establish and gain insight as well, That the hand of Yahweh has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.

Isaiah 41:21 “Bring near your case,” Yahweh says. “Bring forward your mighty arguments,” The King of Jacob says.

Isaiah 41:22 Let them bring it forth and declare to us what is going to take place; As for the former events, declare what they were, That we may establish our heart on them and know their outcome. Or cause us to hear of what is coming;

Isaiah 41:23 Declare the things that are to come afterward, That we may know that you are gods; Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bring", "near", "case", "yahweh", "says", "forward", and "mighty". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bring" and "near", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "That they may see and know And..." into verse 22's "Let them bring it forth and declare...", so "bring" and "near" 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 "bring" and "near" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.