Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
Thus saith the Lord ... Ask me of things to come ... command ye me. Instead of striving with me in regard to my purposes, your wisdom is in prayer to ask, and even command me, in so far as it is for my glory, and for your real good (Mark 11:24; John 16:23; John 16:13, latter part of the verse; 1 John 3:22).
Concerning my sons - (Isaiah 54:13 ; Galatians 3:26 .) and concerning the work of my hands - spiritually (Ephesians 2:10); also literal Israel (Isaiah 60:21). Lowth reads it interrogatively, Do ye presume to question me, and dictate to me concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, to do what I will with mine own? (see Isaiah 45:9-10.) The same sense is given if the words be taken in irony. But the English version is best.