Isaiah 41:21-29 - The Futility Of Idols
21 "Put forward your case!" says the LORD. "Submit your arguments!" says Jacob's King. 22 Let them approach and ask us, "What will happen? As to the former things, what were they? Tell us, so that we may consider them and know. Or the latter things or the things to come let us hear. 23 Tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods! Yes, do something good or something bad, so we may hear and gaze at it together.'" 24 "Look! You and your work are less than nothing; whoever finds you pleasing is disgusting."
25 "You are stirring up one from the north, and they are coming from the rising of the sun; and he will be called by his name. Rulers will arrive like mud; just like a potter, he will trample the clay. 26 Who told of this from the beginning, so we could know, or beforehand, so we could ask, "Is it right?' Indeed, no one told of this, no one made an announcement, and no one heard your words: 27 First, to Zion: "There is slumber." And to Jerusalem: "I'll send a messenger with good news." 28 But when I look, there is no one among them there's no one to give counsel, no one to give an answer when I ask them. 29 See, none of them exist, and their deeds are nothing. Their metal images are only wind and confusion.'"