¹⁵ I, even I, have spoken and called him;
    I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.^(A)

45 Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,
    whose right hand I have grasped
to subdue nations before him
    and to strip kings of their robes,
to open doors before him—
    and the gates shall not be closed:^(A)
2 I will go before you
    and level the mountains;^[a]
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
    and cut through the bars of iron;^(B)