Isaiah 41:25

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.

I have raised up - in purpose; not fulfilled until 150 years afterward.

One from the north - in "from the east:" both are true. See the note there.

From the rising of the sun (the East) shall he call upon my name - acknowledge me as God, and attribute His success to me. This he did in the proclamation (). This does not necessarily imply that Cyrus renounced idolatry; but hearing of Isaiah's prophecy, given 150 years before, so fully realized in his own acts, he recognized God as the true God, but retained his idols (so Naaman, 2 Kings 5:1: cf. the Assyrian colonists in Samaria, ; ; ; Daniel 4:1; ).

Princes - the Babylonian satraps or governors of provinces.

As (upon) mortar - mire. He shall tread them under foot as dirt ().