(A)Who has stirred one from the east
Whom He (B)calls in righteousness to His [a]feet?
He (C)turns nations over to him
And subdues kings.
He makes them like (D)dust with his sword,
Like the wind-driven (E)chaff with his bow.

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

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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  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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11 Calling a (A)bird of prey from the (B)east,
The man of [a]My purpose from a distant country.
Truly I have (C)spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.
I have planned it, I will certainly do it.

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  1. Isaiah 46:11 Lit His

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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