28 I look but there is no one- no one among the gods to give counsel, no one to give answer when I ask them.
28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer
28 But when I look, there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer.
28 But around here there's no one - no one who knows what's going on. I ask, but no one can tell me the score.
28 For I looked, and there was no man; I looked among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
28 Not one of your idols told you this. Not one gave any answer when I asked.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 41:28
Commentary on Isaiah 41:21-29
(Read Isaiah 41:21-29)
There needs no more to show the folly of sin, than to bring to notice the reasons given in defence of it. There is nothing in idols worthy of regard. They are less than nothing, and worse than nothing. Let the advocates of other doctrines than that of salvation through Christ, bring their arguments. Can they tell of a cure for human depravity? Jehovah has power which cannot be withstood; this he will make appear. But the certain knowledge of the future must be only with Jehovah, who fulfils his own plans. All prophecies, except those of the Bible, have been uncertain. In the work of redemption the Lord showed himself much more than in the release of the Jews from Babylon. The good tidings the Lord will send in the gospel, is a mystery hid from ages and generations. A Deliverer is raised up for us, of nobler name and greater power than the deliverer of the captive Jews. May we be numbered among his obedient servants and faithful friends.