² Who 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.

¹⁶ You will winnow them^(A)
and a wind will carry them away,
a whirlwind will scatter them.
But you will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

⁶ All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted^[a] garment;^(A)
all of us wither like a leaf,^(B)
and our iniquities^(C) carry us away like the wind.

²⁴ Then all the trees of the field will know
that I am the Lord.
I bring down the tall tree,
and make the low tree tall.^(A)
I cause the green tree to wither
and make the withered tree thrive.^(B)
I, the Lord, have spoken
and I will do it.” ’^(C)

⁴ He rebukes the sea and dries it up,
and he makes all the rivers run dry.^(A)
Bashan and Carmel wither;^(B)
even the flower of Lebanon withers.