God Uses Cyrus

45 This is what the Lord says to (A)Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right (B)hand,
To (C)subdue nations before him
And [a]to (D)undo the weapons belt on the waist of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
“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.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:1 Lit I will loose
  2. Isaiah 45:2 Another reading is mountains

Her (A)gates have sunk into the ground,
He has destroyed and broken her bars.
Her king and her leaders are among the nations;
The (B)Law is gone.
Her prophets, too, find
(C)No vision from the Lord.

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I will also (A)break the gate bar of Damascus,
And eliminate every inhabitant from the [a]Valley of Aven,
As well as him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden;
So the people of Aram will be exiled to (B)Kir,”
Says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:5 Possibly Baalbek

13 Behold, your people are (A)women in your midst!
The gates of your land are (B)opened wide to your enemies;
Fire consumes your gate bars.

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