Discovery BoxIsaiah 41:4 
Context41:4 Who acts and carries out decrees? 1
Who 2 summons the successive generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning,
and at the very end – I am the one. 3
Isaiah 46:11
Context46:11 who summons an eagle 4 from the east,
from a distant land, one who carries out my plan.
Yes, I have decreed, 5
yes, I will bring it to pass;
I have formulated a plan,
yes, I will carry it out.
1 tn Heb “Who acts and accomplishes?”; NASB “Who has performed and accomplished it.”
2 tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
3 tn Heb “I, the Lord, [am with] the first, and with the last ones I [am] he.”
4 tn Or, more generally, “a bird of prey” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV; see 18:6).
5 tn Heb “spoken”; KJV “I have spoken it.”
