Isaiah 41:25

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23 ^aShow the things that are to come hereafter,
That we may know that you are gods;
Yes, ^bdo good or do evil,
That we may be dismayed and see it together.

24 Indeed ^ayou are nothing,
And your work is nothing;
He who chooses you is an abomination.

25 “I have raised up one from the¹ north,
And he shall come;
From the rising of the sun ^ahe shall call on My name;
^bAnd he shall come against princes as though mortar,
As the potter treads clay.

26 ^aWho has declared from the beginning, that we may know?
And former times, that we may say, ‘He is righteous’?
Surely there is no one who shows,
Surely there is no one who declares,
Surely there is no one who hears your words.

27 ^aThe first time ^bI said to Zion,
‘Look, there they are!’
And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings.

28 ^aFor I looked, and there was no man;
I looked among them, but there was no counselor,
Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

29 ^aIndeed they are all¹ worthless;
Their works are nothing;
Their molded images are wind and confusion.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 41:25

I have raised up one from the north - "That is, "says Kimchi, "the Messiah. The king of Assyria placed the ten tribes in Chalach and Chabar by the river Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, II Kings 17:6, which lands lie northerly and easterly."

He shall come upon princes "He shall trample on princes" - For yabo , Le Clerc reads yebes , from the Chaldee, who seems to read both words. "Forte legend. vaiyebes vel vaiyirmos : sequitur ." "This should perhaps be read vaiyebes , or vaiyirmos : a samech follows." - Secker. See Nahum 3:14.

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