Verse 2
Isaiah 41:2
New King James Version
2
Who raised up the righteous
man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made
him rule over kings? he gave
them as the dust to his sword,
and as 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.
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Chapter 41 Context
1
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew
their
strength: let them come near; the...
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2
Who raised up the righteous
man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him,...
3
He pursued them,
and passed safely;
even by the way
that he had not gone with his feet.
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4
Who hath wrought and done
it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and...
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5
The isles saw
it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
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6
They helped every one his neighbour; and
every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
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7
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,
and he that smootheth
with the hammer him that smote the...
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8
But thou, Israel,
art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
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9
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and s...
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10
Fear thou not; for I
am with thee: be not dismayed; for I
am thy God (Elohim): I will strengthen the...
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11
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as n...
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12
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them,
even them that contended with thee: they that war aga...
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13
For I the LORD thy God (Elohim) will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help th...
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14
Fear not, thou worm Jacob,
and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer,...
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15
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mounta...
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16
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and t...
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17
When the poor and needy seek water, and
there is
none,
and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the L...
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18
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilder...
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19
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will...
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20
That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath d...
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21
Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong
reasons,
saith the King of Jacob.
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22
Let them bring
them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they...
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23
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye
are gods: yea, do good, or do e...
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24
Behold, ye
are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination
is he that chooseth you.
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25
I have raised up
one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upo...
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26
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say,
He is right...
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27
The first
shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth goo...
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28
For I beheld, and
there was no man; even among them, and
there was no counsellor, that, when I asked...
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29
Behold, they
are all vanity; their works
are nothing: their molten images
are wind and confusion.
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