Isaiah 44:28–45:6

²⁸who says of Cyrus, “He is my shepherd,

and he shall carry out all my purpose”;

and who says of Jerusalem, “It shall be rebuilt,”

and of the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.”^*

Cyrus, God’s Instrument

⁴⁵Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,

whose right hand I have grasped

to subdue nations before him

and to strip kings of their robes,

to open doors before him—

and the gates shall not be closed:^*

²I will go before you

and level the mountains;^h

I will break in pieces the doors of bronze

and cut through the bars of iron;^*

³I will give you the treasures of darkness

and riches hidden in secret places,

so that you may know that it is I, the Lord,

the God of Israel, who call you by your name.^*

⁴For the sake of my servant Jacob

and Israel my chosen,

I call you by your name;

I give you a title, though you do not know me.^*

⁵I am the Lord, and there is no other;

besides me there is no god.

I arm you, though you do not know me,^*

⁶so that they may know, from the rising of the sun

and from the west, that there is no one besides me;

I am the Lord, and there is no other.^*