Isaiah 41:22-23

22, 23. Let them… show us what shall happen The main challenge is, as to the power of idols to foretell events. But either as if disgusted with such a proposition, or as if the false prophets, in their usual way, did attempt to answer by isolated, unintelligible statements, though this is not intimated the whole thing was at once quashed by the virtual question. “Do ye know any thing at all past, present, or future?” The conclusion is shown in the next verse.