Isaiah 41:25 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 41:25

I 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.

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ASV

I have raised up one from the north, and he is come; from the rising of the sun one that calleth upon my name: and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 25) He stirred up from the north, and he will come from the rising sun: he will call my name, and he will bring magistrates like clay: and like a potter treading the earth. LXX: But I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come from the rising of the sun; they shall call upon my name. Let the princes come and be like the potter's vessel, and let the potter tread down the clay. Yet he speaks against the idols, and those who did not want to abandon them after the coming of Christ.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Raised - Cyrus, might be said to come from the north, because he was a Mede by his mother, as he was a Persian by his father; or because a great part of his army was gathered out of Media, which was northward, in reference to Judea, and because Darius the Mede was joined with him in this expedition.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) All opposition shall fall before him: He shall come upon the princes of Babylon, and all others that stood in his way, as mortar, and trample upon them as the potter treads clay, to serve his own purposes with it. Christ, as man, was raised up from the north, for Nazareth lay in the northern parts of Canaan; as the angel of the covenant, he ascends from the east.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

I have raised up one - In the previous verses God had shown that the idols had no power of predicting future events. He stakes, so to speak, the question of his divinity on that point, and the whole controversy between him and them is to be decided by the inquiry whether they had the power of foretelling what would come to pass. He here urges his claims to divinity on this ground, that he had power to foretell future events.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַעִיר֤וֹתִי	ha.'i.Ro.ti	I have stirred up	H5782 →
מִצָּפוֹן֙	mi.tza.fOn	from [the] north	H6828 →
וַיַּ֔את	vai.Yat	and he has come	H857 →
מִמִּזְרַח־	mi.miz.rach-	from [the] rising of	H4217 →
שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ	She.mesh	[the] sun	H8121 →
יִקְרָ֣א	yik.Ra'	he will call	H7121 →
בִשְׁמִ֑י	vish.Mi	on name my	H8034 →
וְיָבֹ֤א	ve.ya.Vo'	so he may come	H935 →
סְגָנִים֙	se.ga.Nim	officials	H5461 →
כְּמוֹ־	ke.mov-	like	H3644 →
חֹ֔מֶר	Cho.mer	mud	H2563 →
וּכְמ֥וֹ	u.khe.Mo	and like	H3644 →
יוֹצֵ֖ר	yo.Tzer	a potter	H3335 →
יִרְמָס־	yir.mos-	[who] he tramples	H7429 →
טִֽיט׃	Tit	clay	H2916 →

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Micah 7:10
Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like…
leads to
- Zechariah 10:5
  They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 42:10
  Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Jeremiah 50:33–34
  This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
- Psalms 35:26
  May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
- Psalms 18:42
  I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
Through
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,…
leads to
- Isaiah 45:1
  This 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…
- 2 Samuel 22:43
  I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
Through
2 Samuel 22:43
I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
leads to
- Micah 7:10
  Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like…

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