Isaiah 45:1-2

Modern English Version

45 Thus says the Lord to Cyrus, His anointed,
    whose right hand I have held—
to subdue nations before him
    and to loosen the loins of kings,
to open doors before him
    so that the gates will not be shut:
² I will go before you
    and make the crooked places straight;
I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
    and shatter the bars of iron.