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The Lord Is the Eternal Creator

41 The Lord says,
“Faraway countries, be quiet and listen to me!
    Nations be brave.[a]
Come to me and speak.
    We will meet together
    and decide who is right.
Who woke up the man who is coming from the east?
    He called Justice to march with him.
He uses his sword to crush nations.
    He uses his bow and conquers kings—
    they run away like straw blown by the wind.

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  1. Isaiah 41:1 be brave Or “be strong again,” as in Isa. 40:31.

The Helper of Israel

41 “Be silent(A) before me, you islands!(B)
    Let the nations renew their strength!(C)
Let them come forward(D) and speak;
    let us meet together(E) at the place of judgment.

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

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