25 “I have put (A)one from the north into motion, and he has come;
From the rising of the sun he will call on My name;
And he will come upon rulers as upon [a](B)mortar,
As the potter treads on clay.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:25 I.e., the building material

25 “I have stirred(A) up one from the north,(B) and he comes—
    one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads(C) on rulers as if they were mortar,
    as if he were a potter treading the clay.

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Raise a (A)flag toward Zion!
Take refuge, do not stand still,
For I am bringing (B)evil from the north,
And great destruction.

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Raise the signal(A) to go to Zion!
    Flee for safety without delay!
For I am bringing disaster(B) from the north,(C)
    even terrible destruction.”

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22 The sound of a (A)report! Behold, it is coming—
A great roar (B)from the land of the north—
To (C)make the cities of Judah
A desolation, a haunt of jackals.

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22 Listen! The report is coming—
    a great commotion from the land of the north!(A)
It will make the towns of Judah desolate,(B)
    a haunt of jackals.(C)

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