43:7 everyone who belongs to me, 1
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed – yes, whom I made!
41:25 I have stirred up one out of the north 2 and he advances,
one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. 3
He steps on 4 rulers as if they were clay,
like a potter treading the clay.
65:1 “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; 5
I appeared to those who did not look for me. 6
I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
to a nation that did not invoke 7 my name.
1 tn Heb “everyone who is called by my name” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).
2 sn That is, Cyrus the Persian. See the note at v. 2.
3 tn Heb “[one] from the rising of the sun [who] calls in my name.”
4 tn The Hebrew text has וְיָבֹא (vÿyavo’, “and he comes”), but this is likely a corruption of an original וַיָּבָס (vayyavas), from בּוּס (bus, “step on”).
3 tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”
4 tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”
5 tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”