² A ^(A)harsh vision has been declared to me;
The ^(B)treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, ^(C)Elam, lay siege, Media;
I have made an end of all ^[a]the groaning she has caused.

45 Thus says Yahweh to ^(A)Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken hold of by his right ^(B)hand,
To ^(C)subdue nations before him
And ^[a]to ^(D)loose the loins of kings,
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
² “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.