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45 This is what the Lord says about Cyrus, his [a] anointed one:

I have held him by his right hand
so he could conquer the nations ahead of him,
strip kings of their power,
and open doors ahead of him
so that the gates would not be shut.
I will go ahead of you, Cyrus, and smooth out the rough places.
I will break down the bronze doors and cut through the iron bars.

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Footnotes

  1. 45:1 Masoretic Text; Greek “my.”

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