Verse 2
Isaiah 41:2
World English Bible, British Edition
2
Who has raised up one from the east?
Who called him to his feet in righteousness?
He hands over nations to him
and makes him rule over kings.
He gives them like the dust to his sword,
like the driven stubble to his bow.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִ֤י הֵעִיר֙ מִ/מִּזְרָ֔ח צֶ֖דֶק יִקְרָאֵ֣/הוּ לְ/רַגְל֑/וֹ יִתֵּ֨ן לְ/פָנָ֤י/ו גּוֹיִם֙ וּ/מְלָכִ֣ים יַ֔רְדְּ יִתֵּ֤ן כֶּֽ/עָפָר֙ חַרְבּ֔/וֹ כְּ/קַ֥שׁ נִדָּ֖ף קַשְׁתּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
Who has awakened righteousness from the east? He will call it to His feet; He will give it to the nations and kings; He will make them like dust with His sword, like driven stubble with His bow.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 41 Context
1
“Keep silent before me, islands,
and let the peoples renew their strength.
Let them come near,
then...
Focus ↗
2
Who has raised up one from the east?
Who called him to his feet in righteousness?
He hands over nati...
3
He pursues them
and passes by safely,
even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
Focus ↗
4
Who has worked and done it,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I, the LORD, the first, and...
Focus ↗
5
The islands have seen, and fear.
The ends of the earth tremble.
They approach, and come.
Focus ↗
6
Everyone helps his neighbour.
They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
Focus ↗
7
So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith.
He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes...
Focus ↗
8
“But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham my friend,
Focus ↗
9
you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth,
and called from its corners,
and said to y...
Focus ↗
10
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God (Elohim).
I will streng...
Focus ↗
11
Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed
and confounded.
Those who strive...
Focus ↗
12
You will seek them, and won’t find them,
even those who contend with you.
Those who war against you...
Focus ↗
13
For I, the LORD your God (Elohim), will hold your right hand,
saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid.
I wil...
Focus ↗
14
Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob,
and you men of Israel.
I will help you,” says the LORD.
“Your Redee...
Focus ↗
15
Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument
with teeth.
You will thresh the mounta...
Focus ↗
16
You will winnow them,
and the wind will carry them away,
and the whirlwind will scatter them.
You wi...
Focus ↗
17
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none.
Their tongue fails for thirst.
I, the LORD, will a...
Focus ↗
18
I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and springs in the middle of the valleys.
I will make the wi...
Focus ↗
19
I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness.
I will set cypress trees, pine, a...
Focus ↗
20
that they may see, know, consider, and understand
together,
that the LORD’s hand has done this,
and...
Focus ↗
21
Produce your cause,” says the LORD.
“Bring out your strong reasons!” says the King of Jacob.
Focus ↗
22
“Let them announce and declare to us what will happen!
Declare the former things, what they are,
tha...
Focus ↗
23
Declare the things that are to come hereafter,
that we may know that you are gods.
Yes, do good, or...
Focus ↗
24
Behold, you are nothing,
and your work is nothing.
He who chooses you is an abomination.
Focus ↗
25
“I have raised up one from the north, and he has come,
from the rising of the sun, one who calls on...
Focus ↗
26
Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know?
and before, that we may say, ‘He is right?...
Focus ↗
27
I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’
and I will give one who brings good news to J...
Focus ↗
28
When I look, there is no man,
even amongst them there is no counsellor who, when I ask, can answer a...
Focus ↗
29
Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing.
Their molten images are wind and confusion.
Focus ↗