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 65:1

The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly

65:1 “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; ⁴ 

I appeared to those who did not look for me. ⁵ 

I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

to a nation that did not invoke ⁶  my name.

[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”).

[65:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”

[65:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”

[65:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”