⁶ I will send him against ^(A)an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will ^(B)give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

^7 (A)Yet he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations.

45 “Thus says the Lord to His anointed,
To ^(A)Cyrus, whose ^(B)right hand I have ^[a]held—
^(C)To subdue nations before him
And ^(D)loose the armor of kings,
To open before him the double doors,
So that the gates will not be shut:
² ‘I will go before you
^(E)And^[b] make the ^[c]crooked places straight;
^(F)I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.
³ I will give you the treasures of darkness
And hidden riches of secret places,
^(G)That you may know that I, the Lord,
Who ^(H)call you by your name,
Am the God of Israel.