22 aLet them bring it forth and declare to us what is going to take place;
As for the bformer 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;
23 aDeclare the things that are to come afterward,
That we may know that you are gods;
Indeed, bdo good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together.
24 Behold, ayou are nothing,
And byour work is non‑existent;
He who chooses you is an cabomination.
25 “I have awakened aone from the north, and he has come;
From the rising of the sun he will call on My name;
And he will come upon officials as upon bmortar,
Even as the potter treads clay.”