Hakim-hakim 4:10

4:10 Barak summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; ¹  Deborah went up with him as well.

Mazmur 72:11

72:11 All kings will bow down to him;

all nations will serve him.

Yesaya 41:2

41:2 Who stirs up this one from the east? ² 

Who ³  officially commissions him for service? ⁴ 

He hands nations over to him, ⁵ 

and enables him to subdue ⁶  kings.

He makes them like dust with his sword,

like windblown straw with his bow. ⁷ 

Yesaya 41:25

41:25 I have stirred up one out of the north ⁸  and he advances,

one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. ⁹ 

He steps on ¹⁰  rulers as if they were clay,

like a potter treading the clay.

[4:10]  ¹ tn Heb “went up at his feet.”

[41:2]  ² sn The expression this one from the east refers to the Persian conqueror Cyrus, as later texts indicate (see 44:28-45:6; 46:11; 48:14-16).

[41:2]  ³ tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis.

[41:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “[in] righteousness called him to his foot.”

[41:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “he [the Lord] places before him [Cyrus] nations.”

[41:2]  ⁶ tn The verb יַרְדְּ (yardÿ) is an otherwise unattested Hiphil form from רָדָה (radah, “rule”). But the Hiphil makes no sense with “kings” as object; one must understand an ellipsis and supply “him” (Cyrus) as the object. The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has יוֹרִד (yorid), which appears to be a Hiphil form from יָרַד (yarad, “go down”). Others suggest reading יָרֹד (yarod), a Qal form from רָדַד (radad, “beat down”).

[41:2]  ⁷ sn The point is that they are powerless before Cyrus’ military power and scatter before him.

[41:25]  ⁸ sn That is, Cyrus the Persian. See the note at v. 2.

[41:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “[one] from the rising of the sun [who] calls in my name.”

[41:25]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has וְיָבֹא (vÿyavo’, “and he comes”), but this is likely a corruption of an original וַיָּבָס (vayyavas), from בּוּס (bus, “step on”).