God awakens him to hear (Isaiah 50:4–5), but he puts them to sleep (Isaiah 29:10).
God opens his ears (Isaiah 50:5), but he shuts theirs (Isaiah 6:10).
God delights in him (Isaiah 42:1), but with them he is not pleased (Isaiah 9:17; 59:15; 61:8).
God answers him (Isaiah 49:8), but he doesn’t hear them (Isaiah 1:15; 59:2).
God endows him with knowledge (Isaiah 11:2; 53:11), but he makes nonsense of theirs (Isaiah 29:14; 44:25).
God calls him by name (Isaiah 45:4; 49:1), but he deals with them namelessly (Isaiah 6:9–10; 8:6, 11–12; 9:16; 28:11–14; 29:13–14).
God sends him to declare good tidings (Isaiah 41:27; 42:7; 61:1), but to them he sends evil tidings (Isaiah 28:14, 19; 32:9–11; 65:11–12).
God appoints him as a “light” (Isaiah 42:6; 49:6), but he makes them walk in the dark (Isaiah 5:20, 30; 8:22; 50:10; 59:9–10).
God girds him up (Isaiah 11:5; 45:5), but he ungirds them (Isaiah 45:1).
God gives him a new name (Isaiah 45:3–4; 49:3), but he cuts their names off (Isaiah 48:19).
God makes him a lawgiver to his people (Isaiah 55:4), but he punishes them for breaking his law (Isaiah 42:21–22).
God fulfills his predictions (Isaiah 44:26), but he proves theirs false (Isaiah 44:25).
God vindicates him (Isaiah 50:8), but he condemns them to die (Isaiah 22:14; 34:5; 66:24).
God sustains him (Isaiah 42:1), but he takes away their support (Isaiah 3:1–3; 30:13–14).
God lends him his strength (Isaiah 49:5), but he enfeebles them (Isaiah 64:7).
God heals him (Isaiah 57:18–19), but he smites them with disease (Isaiah 1:5–6).
God consoles him (Isaiah 57:18), but he leaves them comfortless (Isaiah 59:19–20).
God creates him anew (Isaiah 42:6; 49:8), but he makes chaos of them (Isaiah 10:6).
God facilitates his every step (Isaiah 45:13), but to them he is a stumbling block (Isaiah 8:14–15; 31:3; 59:10–11).
God strengthens him against his enemies (Isaiah 45:1–5), but he strengthens their enemies against them (Isaiah 10:3–4; 30:15–17).
God empowers him to turn nations into dust and chaff (Isaiah 41:2), but he turns them into dust and chaff (Isaiah 5:24; 29:5; 33:11; 40:24).
God assigns him an inheritance (Isaiah 53:12), but he disinherits them (Isaiah 1:7; 6:11;
64:10–11).
God establishes his righteous rule (Isaiah 9:7; 32:1), but he makes evildoers their rulers (Isaiah 3:4).
God exalts him (Isaiah 11:10; 49:7; 52:13; 55:4–5), but he abases them (Isaiah 2:10–17; 5:15).
