²⁶ who carries out the words^(A) of his servants
    and fulfills^(B) the predictions of his messengers,

who says of Jerusalem,^(C) ‘It shall be inhabited,’
    of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,’
    and of their ruins,^(D) ‘I will restore them,’^(E)
27 who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry,
    and I will dry up^(F) your streams,’
²⁸ who says of Cyrus,^(G) ‘He is my shepherd
    and will accomplish all that I please;
he will say of Jerusalem,^(H) “Let it be rebuilt,”
    and of the temple,^(I) “Let its foundations^(J) be laid.”’

45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,^(K)
    to Cyrus,^(L) whose right hand I take hold^(M) of
to subdue nations^(N) before him
    and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
    so that gates will not be shut:
² I will go before you^(O)
    and will level^(P) the mountains^[a];
I will break down gates^(Q) of bronze
    and cut through bars of iron.^(R)
3 I will give you hidden treasures,^(S)
    riches stored in secret places,^(T)
so that you may know^(U) that I am the Lord,
    the God of Israel, who summons you by name.^(V)
4 For the sake of Jacob my servant,^(W)
    of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
    and bestow on you a title of honor,
    though you do not acknowledge^(X) me.
⁵ I am the Lord, and there is no other;^(Y)
    apart from me there is no God.^(Z)
I will strengthen you,^(AA)
    though you have not acknowledged me,
⁶ so that from the rising of the sun
    to the place of its setting^(AB)
people may know^(AC) there is none besides me.^(AD)
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.
⁷ I form the light and create darkness,^(AE)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;^(AF)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.