Verse Lens · Context pointer
Isaiah 41:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before…” at Isaiah 41:2 as a specific part of “The Nations Face the One Who Raises a Victor from the East.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 41:1–9
Keep Isaiah 41:2 with the thought unit titled “The Nations Face the One Who Raises a Victor from the East.” The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before…” at Isaiah 41:2 as a specific part of “The Nations Face the One Who Raises a Victor from the East.” The relevant historical horizon and literary form govern its use.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Isaiah 41:1–9, not an independent maxim. The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before…” at Isaiah 41:2 as a specific part of “The Nations Face the One Who Raises a Victor from the East.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Isaiah 41:1–9 — The Nations Face the One Who Raises a Victor from the EastSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 41:1–9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
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Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 41:1–9 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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