Isaiah 41:25 - Amplified Bible - Classic EditionI have raised up and impelled to action one from the north [Cyrus], and he comes; from the rising of the sun he calls upon My name [recognizing that his victories have been granted to him by Me]. And he shall tread upon rulers and deputies as upon mortar and as the potter treads clay. [He comes with the suddenness of a comet, but none of the idol oracles of the nations has anticipated it.] [II Chron. 36:23; Ezra 1:1-3.] See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)I have raised up one from the north, and he is come; from the rising of the sun one that calleth upon my name: and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay. See the chapterCommon English BibleI woke up one from the north and he came; from the east, one who calls my name. He tramples governors like mud, as a potter treads clay. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionI have raised up one from the north, and he will arrive from the rising of the sun. He will call upon my name, and he will reduce magistrates to mud, like a potter working with clay. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionI have raised up one from the north: and he shall come from the rising of the sun. He shall call upon my name: and he shall make princes to be as dirt, and as the potter treading clay. See the chapter |