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Isaiah 41:25 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 41 · verse 25
I 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.Isaiah 41:25 · King James Version
Isaiah 41:25 in context
23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
25I 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.
26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- princesçâgâna prefect of a provinceH5461 →
- risingmizrâchsunriseH4217 →
- morterchômerproperly, a bubbling upH2563 →
- potteryâtsarto mould into a formH3335 →
- northtsâphôwnproperly, hiddenH6828 →
- comeʼâthâhto arriveH857 →
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The Lord, by the prophet, here repeats the challenge to idolaters to make out the pretentions of their idols: "Produce your cause (Isa 41:21) and make your best of it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-29