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.

⁹ Her ^(A)gates have sunk into the ground;
He has destroyed and broken her bars.
Her king and her princes are among the nations;
The ^(B)law is no more.
Also, her prophets find
^(C)No vision from Yahweh.

⁵ I will also ^(A)break the gate bar of Damascus
And cut off the inhabitant from the ^[a]valley of Aven
And him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden;
So the people of Aram will go into exile to ^(B)Kir,”
Says Yahweh.