Isaiah 41:28

For I beheld and there was no man; even among them and there was no counsellor that when I asked of For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

I beheld ... and (there was) no counselor - no one of the idolatrous soothsayers who could advertise () those who consulted them what would take place in the latter days. Compare "the counsel of his messengers" ().

That when I asked - i:e., challenged them, in this chapter, could answer a word.