Isaiah 41:28 - Exposition

For I beheld . "Jehovah once more looks round to see if any of the idols possess an ability to prophesy, but in vain" (Cheyne). He finds no counsellor , i.e. no prophet, among them. Hence the final "outburst of scorn" in Isaiah 41:29 , which, however, is directed primarily against the idol-worshippers, and, only through them, against the idols.