Isaiah 41:25

I have raised up one from the north, and he comes; from the sun's rising I summon him who calls on my name, 1 and he will trample the rulers like mud, like a potter who is treading on the clay. 1

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I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

In Context

24See, you idols are nothing and your deeds are nothing; the one who chooses you is detestable. 1

26Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know? Before this time, that we may say, “He is right”? 1 Indeed none of them decreed it, yes, none heard you say anything. 1

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Cross References

Ezra 1:2“Cyrus, king of Persia, says: Yahweh, God of Heaven, gave me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he appointed me to build for him a house in Jerusalem in Judea.

Isaiah 21:2A distressing vision has been given to me: 1 the treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. 1 Go up and attack, Elam; besiege, Media; 1 I will stop all her groaning. 1

Isaiah 44:28Yahweh is the one who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, he will do my every wish; he will decree about Jerusalem, 'She will be rebuilt,' and about the temple, 'Let its foundations be laid.'”

Isaiah 46:10I announce the end from the beginning, and beforehand what has not yet happened; 1 I say, “My plan will happen, and I will do as I desire.” 1

Jeremiah 51:27Lift up a banner over the earth. Blow the trumpet over the nations. Call the nations to attack her: 1 Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. 1 Appoint a commander to attack her; bring up horses like swarming locusts. 1

Zechariah 10:5They will be like warriors who trample their enemies into the mud of the streets in battle; they will make war, for Yahweh is with them, and they will shame those who ride warhorses.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 41:22-29

Idolatry Exposed. ( b. c. 708.) 21 Produce your cause, saith the Lord ; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 24 Behold, ye are of nothing,… Read the whole commentary →

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