Isaiah 41

In verses 21-24 Isaiah sets a challenge before the idols that Israel was worshipping: do something to prove your divinity. God wants all people to understand that he sets the standard to measure a deity. And there is no such thing as a god who sits about silently, motionless, cloaked in total mystery. A true god can explain the past and the future with equal clarity. Anything that we value more than God should be able to pass the same tests or we will be destined to receive the same fate promised the idolaters in Isaiah's day; abomination.
It took me about 5 minutes to read this chapter.
Stuart