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Isaiah 41:21-26
“ Submit your case,” says the Lord.“ Present your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.“ Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell us the past events, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome, or tell us the future.Tell us the coming events, then we will know that you are gods. Indeed, do something good or bad, then we will be in awe and perceive.Look, you are nothing and your work is worthless. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.“ I have raised up one from the north, and he has come, one from the east who invokes My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mud, like a potter who treads the clay.Who told about this from the beginning, so that we might know, and from times past, so that we might say: He is right? No one announced it, no one told it, no one heard your words.
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Isaiah 43:26
Take Me to court; let us argue our case together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
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Isaiah 41:1
“ Be silent before Me, islands! And let peoples renew their strength. Let them approach, then let them testify; let us come together for the trial.
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Isaiah 44:7-9
Who, like Me, can announce the future? Let him say so and make a case before Me, since I have established an ancient people. Let these gods declare the coming things, and what will take place.Do not be startled or afraid. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I do not know any.All who make idols are nothing, and what they treasure does not profit. Their witnesses do not see or know anything, so they will be put to shame.
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Psalms 50:1
Yahweh, the God of gods speaks; He summons the earth from east to west.
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Isaiah 48:5-6
therefore I declared to you long ago. I announced it to you before it occurred, so you could not claim,‘ My idol caused them; my carved image and cast idol control them.’You have heard it. Observe it all. Will you not acknowledge it? From now on I will announce new things to you, hidden things that you have not known.
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1 Kings 18 21-1 Kings 18 24
Then Elijah approached all the people and said,“ How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If Yahweh is God, follow Him. But if Baal, follow him.” But the people didn’t answer him a word.Then Elijah said to the people,“ I am the only remaining prophet of the Lord, but Baal’s prophets are 450 men.Let two bulls be given to us. They are to choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire.Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh. The God who answers with fire, He is God.” All the people answered,“ That sounds good.”
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Joel 3:11
Come quickly, all you surrounding nations; gather yourselves. Bring down Your warriors there, Lord.
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Psalms 49:1-2
Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who inhabit the world,both low and high, rich and poor together.
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Joshua 24:15-24
But if it doesn’t please you to worship Yahweh, choose for yourselves today the one you will worship: the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my family, we will worship Yahweh.”The people replied,“ We will certainly not abandon the Lord to worship other gods!For the Lord our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us all along the way we went and among all the peoples whose lands we traveled through.The Lord drove out before us all the peoples, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will worship the Lord, because He is our God.”But Joshua told the people,“ You will not be able to worship Yahweh, because He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not remove your transgressions and sins.If you abandon the Lord and worship foreign gods, He will turn against you, harm you, and completely destroy you, after He has been good to you.”“ No!” the people answered Joshua.“ We will worship the Lord.”Joshua then told the people,“ You are witnesses against yourselves that you yourselves have chosen to worship Yahweh.”“ We are witnesses,” they said.“ Then get rid of the foreign gods that are among you and offer your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”So the people said to Joshua,“ We will worship the Lord our God and obey Him.”
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1 Kings 18 36-1 Kings 18 39
At the time for offering the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said,“ Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that at Your word I have done all these things.Answer me, Lord! Answer me so that this people will know that You, Yahweh, are God and that You have turned their hearts back.”Then Yahweh’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.When all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said,“ Yahweh, He is God! Yahweh, He is God!”
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Isaiah 48:14
All of you, assemble and listen! Who among the idols has declared these things? The Lord loves him; he will accomplish His will against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
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Isaiah 45:20-21
“ Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives of the nations. Those who carry their wooden idols, and pray to a god who cannot save, have no knowledge.Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who predicted this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, Yahweh? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is no one except Me.
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Isaiah 46:10
I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: My plan will take place, and I will do all My will.