Isaiah 41:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² “Who raised up the righteous one from the east, called him to His foot, gave the nations before him, and made sovereigns submit to him? He gave them as the dust to his sword, as driven stubble to his bow.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Who has roused up one [Cyrus] from the east, whom He calls in righteousness to His service and whom victory meets at every step? He [the Lord] subdues nations before him and makes him ruler over kings. He turns them to dust with the sword [of Cyrus], and to driven straw and chaff with his bow. [Ezra 1:2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.

Common English Bible

² Who has awakened one from the east and has authority to summon him to serve— giving him nations, conquering kings, making them like dust with his sword, like scattered straw with his bow?

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Who has raised up a just man from the east, and has called him to follow him? He will place the nations under his gaze, and he will rule over kings. He will cause them to be like dust before his sword, like chaff driven by the wind before his bow.

Isaiah 41:2 Cross References

Genesis 11:31

And Teraḥ

Genesis 17:1

And it came to be when Aḇ

2 Samuel 22:43

“And I beat them as dust of the earth, I beat them small as dirt in the streets – I spread them out.

2 Kings 13:7

For He left of the army of Yeho’aḥ

2 Chronicles 36:23

“Thus said Koresh sovereign of Persia, ‘יהוה  Elohim of the heavens has given me all the reigns of the earth. And He has commanded me to build Him a house in Yerushalayim, which is in Yehuḏ

Ezra 1:2

“Thus said Koresh sovereign of Persia, ‘יהוה  Elohim of the heavens has given me all the reigns of the earth. And He has commanded me to build Him a house in Yerushalayim which is in Yehuḏ

Isaiah 40:24

Hardly have they been planted, hardly have they been sown, hardly has their stock taken root in the earth, when He shall blow on them and they wither, and a whirlwind take them away like stubble.

Isaiah 41:25

“I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes; from the rising of the sun he calls on My Name. And he comes against princes as though mortar, as the potter treads clay.

Isaiah 41:3

“He pursued them, passed over in safety, by a path that he had not gone with his feet.

Isaiah 42:6

“I, יהוה, have called You in righteousness, and I take hold of Your hand and guard You, and give You for a covenant to a people, for a light to the gentiles,

Isaiah 45:1

“Thus said יהוה  to His anointed, to Koresh, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and ungird the loins of sovereigns, to open before him the double doors, so that gates are not shut:

Isaiah 45:13

“I have stirred him up in righteousness, and all his ways I make straight. He builds My city and lets My exiles go, not for price nor reward,” declares יהוה  of hosts.

Isaiah 46:11

calling a bird of prey from the east, the man who executes My counsel, from a distant land. Indeed I have spoken it, I also bring it to pass. I have planned it, I also do it.

Isaiah 48:15

“I, I have spoken, I have also called him, I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

Lamentations 1:15

“יהוה  has trodden down all my strong men in my midst, He has called an appointed time Against me to crush my young men. יהוה  has trodden down as in a winepress The maiden daughter of Yehuḏ

Hebrews 7:1

For this Malkitseḏ

Revelation 16:12

And the sixth messenger poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, in order to prepare the way of the sovereigns from the east.

Revelation 7:2

And I saw another messenger coming up from the rising of the sun, holding the seal of the living Elohim. And he cried with a loud voice to the four messengers to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,