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Isaiah 41:2

Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מִ֤יmiwho?H4310 →
הֵעִיר֙he.'Irhas he stirred upH5782 →
מִמִּזְרָ֔חmi.miz.Rachfrom [the] eastH4217 →
צֶ֖דֶקTze.dekrighteousnessH6664 →
יִקְרָאֵ֣הוּyik.ra.'E.huhe calls himH7121 →
לְרַגְל֑וֹle.rag.Loto foot hisH7272 →
יִתֵּ֨ןyi.Tenhe delivers upH5414 →
לְפָנָ֤יוle.fa.Nav<to> before himH6440 →
גּוֹיִם֙go.YimnationsH1471 →
וּמְלָכִ֣יםu.me.la.Khimand kingsH4428 →
יַ֔רְדְּYardhe subduesH7287 →
יִתֵּ֤ןyi.Tenhe makes [them]H5414 →
כֶּֽעָפָר֙ke.'a.Farlike <the> dustH6083 →
חַרְבּ֔וֹchar.Bosword hisH2719 →
כְּקַ֥שׁke.Kashlike chaffH7179 →
נִדָּ֖ףni.Dafdriven aboutH5086 →
קַשְׁתּֽוֹ׃kash.Tobow hisH7198 →

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Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.Isaiah 45:1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:2 Samuel 22:43I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.Ezra 1:2“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.Isaiah 46:11I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.Isaiah 41:25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.Isaiah 40:24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.Isaiah 41:9I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.Isaiah 45:13I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”2 Chronicles 36:23“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”Isaiah 47:14Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.Hebrews 11:8–10By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.2 Kings 13:7Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.Genesis 12:1–3Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.Hebrews 7:1This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,Genesis 11:31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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