Isaiah 41:2

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²Who has stirred him up from the east?^(A)
He calls righteousness to his feet.^[a]^(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.

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Isaiah 45:1-2

Holman Christian Standard Bible

45 The Lord says this to Cyrus, His anointed,^(A)
whose right hand I have grasped^(B)
to subdue nations before him,
to disarm^[a] kings,^(C)
to open the doors before him
and the gates will not be shut:
²“I will go before you
and level the uneven places;^[b]^(D)
I will shatter the bronze doors
and cut the iron bars in two.^(E)