Isaiah 41:2-4

Christian Standard Bible

² 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.
³ He pursues them, going on safely,
hardly touching the path with his feet.
⁴ Who has performed and done this,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I am the Lord, the first
and with the last^(D)—I am he.”^(E)