²⁵ “I have raised up one from the north,^(A) and he has come,
one from the east^(B) who invokes My^[a] name.^(C)
He will march over rulers as if they were mud,
like a potter who treads the clay.

45 The Lord says this to Cyrus, His anointed,^(A)
whose right hand I have grasped^(B)
to subdue nations before him,
to disarm^[a] kings,^(C)
to open the doors before him
and the gates will not be shut:
² “I will go before you
and level the uneven places;^[b](D)
I will shatter the bronze doors
and cut the iron bars in two.^(E)
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness
and riches from secret places,^(F)
so that you may know that I, Yahweh,
the God of Israel call you by your name.^(G)