en_tn_lite_do_not_use/isa/41/25.md

# General Information:

Yahweh continues speaking.

# I have raised up one

Yahweh speaks of appointing a person as if he raised that person up. AT: "I have appointed one" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# from the sun's rising

This refers to the east, the direction from which the sun rises. AT: "from the east" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# him who calls on my name

Possible meanings are 1) that this person invokes Yahweh for his success or 2) that this person worships Yahweh.

# he will trample the rulers

Conquering the rulers of other nations is spoken of as if it were trampling them under foot. AT: "he will conquer the rulers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# like a potter who is treading on the clay

Yahweh compares the way in which this person will trample the other rulers with the way that a potter tramples on clay to mix it with water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])