¹⁶ For he ^(A)shatters the doors of bronze
    and cuts in two the bars of iron.

45 Thus says the Lord to ^(A)his anointed, to Cyrus,
    ^(B)whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
    and ^(C)to loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
    that gates may not be closed:
² “I will go before you
    and ^(D)level the exalted places,^[a]
(E)I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
    and cut through the bars of iron,

^13 (A)He who opens the breach goes up before them;
    they break through and pass the gate,
    ^(B)going out by it.
Their king passes on before them,
    ^(C)the Lord at their head.