Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageI stirred up a conqueror from the north — and he comes. From the rising sun, he calls on My name. He treads rulers down like mortar beneath a potter's feet.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GI have stirred one from the north—and he has come; from the rising of the sun he calls on My name. He tramples rulers like mortar, like a potter treading clay.
KJV
King James VersionI 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.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleI have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
Footnotes
The conqueror is described as coming from both 'the north' and 'the east' (*mizzarach shemesh*), reflecting the military reality of Cyrus's campaigns, which swept down via the Euphrates from the north after originating in the east (Persia and Media). 'Calls on My name' is exegetically contested: does Cyrus call on YHWH deliberately, or does YHWH call him by name? Isaiah 45:4 resolves toward the latter — 'I call you by name, though you do not know Me' — yet 2 Chr. 36:23 records Cyrus crediting YHWH for his authority. FOG renders it as Cyrus calling on YHWH; FOG Message preserves the ambiguity.
