Who has stirred up someone from the east?(A)
In righteousness he calls him to serve.[a][b](B)
The Lord hands nations over to him,(C)
and he subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword,
like wind-driven stubble with his bow.

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Footnotes

  1. 41:2 Or Righteousness calls him to serve
  2. 41:2 Lit to his foot

“Who has stirred(A) up one from the east,(B)
    calling him in righteousness(C) to his service[a]?(D)
He hands nations over to him
    and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dust(E) with his sword,
    to windblown chaff(F) with his bow.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:2 Or east, / whom victory meets at every step

11 I call a bird of prey[a] from the east,(A)
a man for my purpose from a far country.
Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about.(B)
I have planned it; I will also do it.

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  1. 46:11 = Cyrus

11 From the east I summon(A) a bird of prey;(B)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,(C) that I will do.(D)

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