45:6 I do this 1 so people 2 will recognize from east to west
that there is no God but me;
I am the Lord, I have no peer.
41:25 I have stirred up one out of the north 3 and he advances,
one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. 4
He steps on 5 rulers as if they were clay,
like a potter treading the clay.
59:19 In the west, people respect 6 the Lord’s reputation; 7
in the east they recognize his splendor. 8
For he comes like a rushing 9 stream
driven on by wind sent from the Lord. 10
1 tn The words “I do this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “they” (so KJV, ASV); TEV, CEV “everyone”; NLT “all the world.”
3 sn That is, Cyrus the Persian. See the note at v. 2.
4 tn Heb “[one] from the rising of the sun [who] calls in my name.”
5 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”).
5 tc Heb “fear.” A few medieval Hebrew
6 tn Heb “and they fear from the west the name of the Lord.”
7 tn Heb “and from the rising of the sun his splendor.”
8 tn Heb “narrow”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “pent-up.”
9 tn Heb “the wind of the Lord drives it on.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh) could be translated “breath” here (see 30:28).