⁶ I send it against a ^(A)godless nation
And command it against the ^(B)people of My fury
To capture spoil and ^(C)to seize plunder,
And to ^[a]trample them down like ^(D)mud in the streets.
⁷ But it ^(E)does not intend to act in this way,
And it does not think in its heart in this way,
Rather, what is in its heart is to destroy
And to cut off ^[b]many nations.

45 Thus says Yahweh to ^(A)Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken hold of by his right ^(B)hand,
To ^(C)subdue nations before him
And ^[a]to ^(D)loose the loins of kings,
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
² “I will go before you and ^(E)make the ^[b]rough places smooth;
I will ^(F)shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron ^(G)bars.
³ I will give you the ^[c](H)treasures of darkness
And hidden wealth of secret places,
So that you may know that it is I,
Yahweh, the God of Israel, who ^(I)calls you by your name.