Isaiah 41:25

41:25 I have stirred up one out of the north ¹  and he advances,

one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. ² 

He steps on ³  rulers as if they were clay,

like a potter treading the clay.

Isaiah 59:19

59:19 In the west, people respect ⁴  the Lord’s reputation; ⁵ 

in the east they recognize his splendor. ⁶ 

For he comes like a rushing ⁷  stream

driven on by wind sent from the Lord. ⁸ 

[41:25]  ¹ sn That is, Cyrus the Persian. See the note at v. 2.

[41:25]  ² tn Heb “[one] from the rising of the sun [who] calls in my name.”

[41:25]  ³ 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”).

[59:19]  ⁴ tc Heb “fear.” A few medieval Hebrew mss read “see.”

[59:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they fear from the west the name of the Lord.”

[59:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “and from the rising of the sun his splendor.”

[59:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “narrow”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “pent-up.”

[59:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “the wind of the Lord drives it on.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh) could be translated “breath” here (see 30:28).