The ideas expressed in this verse are very similar to those in 41.22-23.

Who is like me? is a rhetorical question (compare 42.12-14). It makes a strong affirmation that there is no one like Yahweh. He is unique. For languages that prefer a statement here, see the second example below.

Let him proclaim it, let him declare and set it forth before me: The three verbs here (proclaim, declare, set … forth) are synonymous. They are used together to make a strong point, which is typical of the style in Isaiah. Some languages may prefer to use only one or two verbs; for example, Contemporary English Version has “If so, let them speak up and tell me now.” The Hebrew verb rendered set … forth often implies a court setting, which is in view here. The versions relate these three clauses in three different ways to the preceding question and the last half of the verse as follows:
(1) For Revised Standard Version these three clauses are a response to the LORD’s question. He challenges any who think they can compare themselves with him to say so publicly and officially. Revised Standard Version treats the three Hebrew verbs here as jussives.
(2) For New Jewish Publication Society’s Tanakh these three clauses are part of the LORD’s question, which challenges others to show that they are able to accurately predict the future. New Jewish Publication Society’s Tanakh treats the Hebrew verbs here as imperfect verbs. For the first two lines it has “Who like Me can announce, Can foretell it—and match me thereby?” Good News Translation is similar, but it greatly reduces these lines, saying “Could anyone else have done what I did?”
(3) For New International Version only the first clause after the LORD’s question relates directly to it. The next two clauses relate to the last half of the verse. Like Revised Standard Version, New International Version treats the Hebrew verbs here as jussives. For the first three lines it has “Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before me what has happened since I established my ancient people.”

Translators may choose any of these options for the first two lines, but we prefer the first one.

Who has announced from of old the things to come?: This is another rhetorical question in which the LORD strongly affirms that no one in the past has been able to predict future events accurately (compare 41.26). However, Revised Standard Version‘s rendering here is a conjecture. The Hebrew text of Masoretic Text is literally “from my establishing an eternal people and things to come.” The “eternal people” may refer to Israel (so New International Version and New Jewish Publication Society’s Tanakh with “ancient people”) or the first humans (so Bible en français courant [1997], Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch). Hebrew Old Testament Text Project recommends Masoretic Text and renders this line as “since I established a people of old, and coming [events].” However, de~Waard notes that there is no way to prove what the original text might have been, although what we have in Masoretic Text is “the oldest attested form of the text”. He suggests that Masoretic Text can be meaningful, but he also concedes that Revised Standard Version offers an acceptable model. So translators may choose either reading. If they follow Masoretic Text, New Jerusalem Bible provides a helpful model with “let him say what has been happening since I instituted an eternal people” (similarly New International Version; see also the second example below).

Let them tell us what is yet to be is literally “and what is to come let them tell to them.” Yahweh challenges others to predict the future accurately. There is a textual problem here. Revised Standard Version changes the Hebrew text of Masoretic Text to read us instead of “them.” Its rendering is based on the Targum (an ancient Aramaic translation). Hebrew Old Testament Text Project recommends Masoretic Text here. According to Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, the pronoun “them” can refer to “themselves” or to “their own people.” Translators may follow either reading. New International Version avoids the textual problem here by rendering the last line as “yes, let him foretell what will come” (similarly Revised English Bible), which is a helpful model.

For the translation of this verse consider the following examples:

• Who is like me? Let them make their claim;
let them state it and lay it out before me.
Who has announced from ancient times what will yet happen?
Let them declare what is coming.

• There is none like me! Let any who claim to be like me
make their case and set it before me.
Let them say what has been happening since I established an ancient people.
Let them come forward and tell [us] what is going to happen.*

* The Hebrew in this verse is difficult to understand, so the translation is uncertain.

Quoted with permission from Ogden, Graham S. and Sterk, Jan. A Handbook on Isaiah. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2011. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .