²⁸ Who says of ^(A)Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd,
And he shall perform all My pleasure,
Saying to Jerusalem, ^(B)“You shall be built,”
And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.” ’

45 “Thus says the Lord to His anointed,
To ^(A)Cyrus, whose ^(B)right hand I have ^[a]held—
^(C)To subdue nations before him
And ^(D)loose the armor of kings,
To open before him the double doors,
So that the gates will not be shut:
² ‘I will go before you
^(E)And^[b] make the ^[c]crooked places straight;
^(F)I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.
³ I will give you the treasures of darkness
And hidden riches of secret places,
^(G)That you may know that I, the Lord,
Who ^(H)call you by your name,
Am the God of Israel.
⁴ For ^(I)Jacob My servant’s sake,
And Israel My elect,
I have even called you by your name;
I have named you, though you have not known Me.
⁵ I ^(J)am the Lord, and ^(K)there is no other;
There is no God besides Me.
^(L)I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
^6 (M)That they may ^(N)know from the rising of the sun to its setting
That there is none besides Me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other;
⁷ I form the light and create darkness,
I make peace and ^(O)create calamity;
I, the Lord, do all these things.’