²⁵ “I have stirred^(A) up one from the north,^(B) and he comes—
    one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads^(C) on rulers as if they were mortar,
    as if he were a potter treading the clay.

² “Who has stirred^(A) up one from the east,^(B)
    calling him in righteousness^(C) to his service^[a]?^(D)
He hands nations over to him
    and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dust^(E) with his sword,
    to windblown chaff^(F) with his bow.^(G)

⁴³ I beat them as fine as the dust^(A) of the earth;
    I pounded and trampled^(B) them like mud^(C) in the streets.

⁵ Together they^[a] will be like warriors in battle
    trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.^(A)
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
    and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.^(B)

²⁸ who says of Cyrus,^(A) ‘He is my shepherd
    and will accomplish all that I please;
he will say of Jerusalem,^(B) “Let it be rebuilt,”
    and of the temple,^(C) “Let its foundations^(D) be laid.”’

45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,^(E)
    to Cyrus,^(F) whose right hand I take hold^(G) of
to subdue nations^(H) 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^(I)
    and will level^(J) the mountains^[a];
I will break down gates^(K) of bronze
    and cut through bars of iron.^(L)
3 I will give you hidden treasures,^(M)
    riches stored in secret places,^(N)
so that you may know^(O) that I am the Lord,
    the God of Israel, who summons you by name.^(P)
4 For the sake of Jacob my servant,^(Q)
    of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
    and bestow on you a title of honor,
    though you do not acknowledge^(R) me.
⁵ I am the Lord, and there is no other;^(S)
    apart from me there is no God.^(T)
I will strengthen you,^(U)
    though you have not acknowledged me,
⁶ so that from the rising of the sun
    to the place of its setting^(V)
people may know^(W) there is none besides me.^(X)
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.

²⁷ “Lift up a banner^(A) in the land!
    Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations for battle against her;
    summon against her these kingdoms:^(B)
    Ararat,^(C) Minni and Ashkenaz.^(D)
Appoint a commander against her;
    send up horses like a swarm of locusts.^(E)
28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—
    the kings of the Medes,^(F)
their governors and all their officials,
    and all the countries they rule.^(G)
29 The land trembles^(H) and writhes,
    for the Lord’s purposes^(I) against Babylon stand—
to lay waste^(J) the land of Babylon
    so that no one will live there.^(K)

³ A nation from the north^(A) will attack her
    and lay waste her land.
No one will live^(B) in it;
    both people and animals^(C) will flee away.