Isaiah 41:2
Who has raised up one from the east? 2 Who called him to his foot in righteousness? 2 He hands over nations to him, 2 and makes him rule over kings. 2 He gives them like the dust to his sword, 2 like the driven stubble to his bow. 1
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3He pursues them, 2 and passes by safely, 2 Even by a way that he had not gone with his feet. 1
Cross References
Genesis 11:31Terah took Avram [Exalted father] his son, Lot [Veil, Covering] the son of Haran [Mountaineer], his son’s son, and Sarai [Mockery] his daughter-in-law, his son Avram [Exalted father]’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan [Humbled]. They came to Haran [Mountaineer] and lived there.
Genesis 14:14When Avram [Exalted father] sh'ma ·heard obeyed· that his relative was taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan [He judged].
Isaiah 40:24They are planted scarcely. 2 They are sown scarcely. 2 Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. 2 He merely blows on them, and they wither, 2 and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble. 1
Isaiah 41:25“I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; 2 from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; 2 and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, 2 and as the potter treads 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 →