Isaiah 44:28–45:6

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

and he shall fulfil all my purpose’;

saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’

and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’ ”

Chapter 45

¹Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,

whose right hand I have grasped,

to subdue nations before him

and ungird the loins of kings,

to open doors before him

that gates may not be closed:

²“I will go before you

and level the mountains,

I will break in pieces the doors of bronze

and cut asunder the bars of iron,

³I will give you the treasures of darkness

and the hoards in secret places,

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 surname you, though you do not know me.

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

I gird you, though you do not know me,

⁶that men may know, from the rising of the sun

and from the west, that there is none besides me;

I am the Lord, and there is no other.