en_tn/isa/41/25.md

Yahweh continues speaking.

I have raised up one

"I have appointed and given the strength"

from the sun's rising

AT: “from the east" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

and he will trample the rulers like mud, like a potter who is treading on the clay

This means this king and his army will defeat their enemy. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

he will trample the rulers

AT: "he will conquer the rulers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know? And before time, that we may say, 'He is right'?

Yahweh uses questions to scold the people and their idols. AT: "I was the one who announced this a long time ago, so that you might know and say 'Yahweh is right.'" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

Indeed none of them decreed it, yes, none heard you say anything

"Certainly, none of your idols announced it. They did not say anything"