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“Who has stirred up a king from the east?
    Who has helped him win his battles?
I hand nations over to him.
    I bring kings under his control.
He turns them into dust with his sword.
    With his bow he turns them into straw blowing in the wind.
He hunts them down. Then he moves on unharmed.
    He travels so fast that his feet
    don’t seem to touch the ground.
Who has made that happen? Who has carried it out?
    Who has created all the people who have ever lived?
I, the Lord, have done it.
    I was with the first of them.
    And I will be with the last of them.”

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“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)
He pursues them and moves on unscathed,(H)
    by a path his feet have not traveled before.
Who has done this and carried it through,
    calling(I) forth the generations from the beginning?(J)
I, the Lord—with the first of them
    and with the last(K)—I am he.(L)

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Footnotes

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