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Who has raised up a victor from the east
    and summoned him to his service?
He delivers up nations to him
    and overthrows their kings.
With his sword he scatters them like dust,
    and with his bow he reduces them to stubble.
He pursues them and advances unscathed,
    scarcely touching the path with his feet.
Who has performed these deeds and accomplished this?
    Who has summoned the nations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, am the first,
    and I will be there with the last.

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“Who has stirred(A) up one from the east,(B)
    calling him in righteousness(C) to his service[a]?(D)
He hands nations over to him
    and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dust(E) with his sword,
    to windblown chaff(F) with his bow.(G)
He pursues them and moves on unscathed,(H)
    by a path his feet have not traveled before.
Who has done this and carried it through,
    calling(I) forth the generations from the beginning?(J)
I, the Lord—with the first of them
    and with the last(K)—I am he.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:2 Or east, / whom victory meets at every step