Isaiah 41:25 — I have encouraged the one who comes from the north. He is from the east, and wi… — FBV | maBible
Read Isaiah 41:25 (Free Bible Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Isaiah 41.25, Isaiah 41v25, Es. 41:25. I have encouraged the one who comes from the north. He is from the east, and will respect me. He will tread on rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter treading o…
Other reference formats: Isaiah 41.25, Isaiah 41v25, Es. 41:25.
25 I have encouraged the one who comes from the north. He is from the east, and will respect me. He will tread on rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter treading on clay.
Passage themes
Le libérateur suscité — Je l'ai fait surgir du nord et il est venu
Il invoque mon nom — depuis l'est, il recourt à mon nom
Les chefs piétinés — il écrase les gouverneurs comme de la boue
Notes and references
If this prophecy is taken to refer to Cyrus (see verse 2), then he comes from the east (literally “the rising sun”), but his entrance into Palestine would be from the north.
“Respect me”: literally, “call on my name,” often associated with the idea of worship.