² Who 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.

¹⁶ You will winnow them^(A)
and a wind will carry them away,
a gale will scatter them.
But you will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

⁶ All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted^[a] garment;^(A)
all of us wither like a leaf,^(B)
and our iniquities^(C) carry us away like the wind.

¹⁰ Even though it is planted, will it flourish?
Won’t it completely wither
when the east wind strikes it?^(A)
It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.”