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.”

²⁴ Then all the trees of the field will know
that I am Yahweh.
I bring down the tall tree,
and make the low tree tall.^(A)
I cause the green tree to wither
and make the withered tree thrive.^(B)
I, Yahweh, have spoken
and I will do it.^(C)

⁴ He rebukes the sea so that it dries up,
and He makes all the rivers run dry.^(A)
Bashan and Carmel wither;^(B)
even the flower of Lebanon withers.