Isa 41:2, 25, 45:1-6, 46:11, 48:14-15 | ESV | STEP | Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step ? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword , like driven stubble with his bow .

q[See ver. 3 above]

r[ch. 62:2]

sSee ch. 44:8

t[Job 12:21; ch. 22:21]

u[ch. 37:20; Mal. 1:11]

vSee ch. 41:2

aaSee ch. 45:1-3

Isaiah 41:2

2 ^aWho stirred up one from the east
whom victory meets at every ^bstep? ^{▼▼Or whom righteousness calls to follow?}
^dHe gives up nations before him,
so that he tramples kings underfoot;
he makes them like dust with his sword,
^elike driven stubble with his bow.

Isaiah 41:25

25 ^fI stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
^gfrom the rising of the sun, ^hand he shall call upon my name;
he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,
as the potter treads clay.

Isaiah 45:1-6

Cyrus, God’s Instrument

1 Thus says the Lord to ⁱhis anointed, to Cyrus,
^jwhose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and ^kto loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2 “I will go before you
and ^llevel the exalted places, ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains}
ⁿI will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
3 ^oI will give you the treasures of darkness
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the Lord,
the God of Israel, ^pwho call you by your name.
4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
^qI call you by your name,
^rI name you, though you do not know me.
5 ^sI am the Lord, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
^tI equip you, though you do not know me,
6 ^uthat people may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, that there is none besides me;
I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 46:11

11 ^vcalling a bird of prey from the east,
the man of my counsel from a far country.
^wI have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have purposed, and I will do it.

Isaiah 48:14-15

14 “Assemble, all of you, and listen!
^xWho among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him;
^yhe shall perform his purpose on Babylon,
and his arm shall be against ^zthe Chaldeans.
15 ^aaI, even I, have spoken and called him;
I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.