Isaiah 41:2

Christian Standard Bible

²Who has stirred up someone from the east?^(A)
In righteousness he calls him to serve.^[a]^[b]^(B)
The Lord hands nations over to him,^(C)
and he subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword,
like wind-driven stubble with his bow.

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Footnotes

41:2 Or Righteousness calls him to serve
41:2 Lit to his foot

Isaiah 41:2 in all English translations

Isaiah 45:1-2

Christian Standard Bible

45 The Lord says this to Cyrus, his anointed,^(A)
whose right hand I have grasped^(B)
to subdue nations before him
and disarm^[a] kings,^(C)
to open doors before him,
and even city gates will not be shut:
²“I will go before you
and level the uneven places;^[b]^(D)
I will shatter the bronze doors
and cut the iron bars in two.^(E)

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Footnotes

45:1 Lit unloosen the waist of
45:2 DSS, LXX read the mountains

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