Isaiah 41:2

Who awakened the just one + 41:2 Koresh, Cyrus 44:28 from the mizrach (east), 1 called him to His raglayim, 1 gave the Goyim before him, 1 and made him rule over melachim? 1 He gave them as the aphar to his + 41:2 the conquerorʼs cherev, 1 and as windblown kash (chaff, stubble) to his + 41:2 the conquerorʼs keshet (bow). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Keep silence before Me, O iyim (islands); 1 and let the people renew their ko'ach (strength); 1 let them come near; 1 then let them speak; let us come near together for mishpat (judgment, i.e., G-dʼs tribunal). 1

3He + 41:3 the conqueror pursues them, 1 and passes on in shalom, even by the orach (path) 1 that his feet do not even come. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 11:31And Terach took Avram bno, and ben bno Lot ben Haran, and Sarai his shnur, eshet Avram bno; and they went forth with them from Ur Kasdim, to go into Eretz Kena'an; and they came unto Charan (Haran), and dwelt there.

Genesis 14:14And when Avram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained men, born in his own bais, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them as far as Dan.

2 Samuel 22:43Then did I beat them as small as the aphar of eretz, 1 I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did scatter them abroad. 1

2 Chronicles 36:23Thus saith Koresh Melech Paras (Persia), Kol Mamlechot HaAretz (all the kingdoms of the earth) hath Hashem Elohei HaShomayim given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a Beis in Yerushalayim, which is in Yehudah. Who is there among you of all His people? Hashem Elohav be with him and let him go up! + 36:23 The glory cloud that appears at the dedication of both the wilderness Mishkan and the Beis HaMikdash of Sh'lomo HaMelech is a prophetic type and foreshadow of the Moshiach and the coming sod hitgashmut — see 2Chr 5:7-14; Ex 40:34-35; Yn 1:1,14

Isaiah 40:24Indeed, they shall not be planted; 1 indeed, they shall not be sown; 1 indeed, their stem shall not take root ba'aretz (in the ground); 1 and He shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, 1 and the se'arah (storm wind) shall take them away like the kash (straw, stubble, chaff). 1

Isaiah 41:25I have awakened one + 41:25 Koresh, Cyrus from the tzafon (north), and he shall come; 1 from the rising of the shemesh shall he call upon My Shem; 1 and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, 1 and as the yotzer (potter) treadeth clay. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 41:2-10

Idolatry Exposed. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. 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. 3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. 4 Who hath wrought and done it,… Read the whole commentary →

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