The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.(A)

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Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff(A)
    that the wind blows away.

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Who has stirred up someone from the east?(A)
In righteousness he calls him to serve.[a][b](B)
The Lord hands nations over to him,(C)
and he subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword,
like wind-driven stubble with his bow.

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  1. 41:2 Or Righteousness calls him to serve
  2. 41:2 Lit to his foot

“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)

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

16 You will winnow them(A)
and a wind will carry them away,
a whirlwind will scatter them.
But you will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

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16 You will winnow(A) them, the wind will pick them up,
    and a gale(B) will blow them away.(C)
But you will rejoice(D) in the Lord
    and glory(E) in the Holy One(F) of Israel.

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All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted[a] garment;(A)
all of us wither like a leaf,(B)
and our iniquities(C) carry us away like the wind.

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  1. 64:6 Lit menstrual

All of us have become like one who is unclean,(A)
    and all our righteous(B) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,(C)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.(D)

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10 Even though it is planted, will it flourish? Won’t it wither completely when the east wind strikes it?(A) It will wither on the plot where it sprouted.’”

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10 It has been planted,(A) but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it—wither away in the plot where it grew?(B)’”

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24 Then all the trees of the field will know
that I am the Lord.
I bring down the tall tree,
and make the low tree tall.(A)
I cause the green tree to wither
and make the withered tree thrive.(B)
I, the Lord, have spoken
and I will do it.’”(C)

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24 All the trees of the forest(A) will know that I the Lord bring down(B) the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.(C)

“‘I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.(D)’”

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He rebukes the sea and dries it up,
and he makes all the rivers run dry.(A)
Bashan and Carmel wither;(B)
even the flower of Lebanon withers.

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He rebukes(A) the sea and dries it up;(B)
    he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel(C) wither
    and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.

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