45ThussaysYahweh to aCyrus His anointed,Whom I have takenhold of by his rightbhand,To csubduenationsbefore himAnd 1to dloose the loins of kings,To opendoorsbefore him so that gates will not be shut:2“I will gobefore you and amake the 1roughplacessmooth;I will bshatter the doors of bronze and cutthrough their ironcbars.3“I will give you the 1,atreasures of darknessAnd hiddenwealth of secretplaces,So that you may know that it is I,Yahweh, the God of Israel, who bcalls you by your name.
