45ThussaysYahweh to aCyrus His anointed,Whom I have takenhold of by his rightbhand,To csubduenationsbefore himAnd 1to dloose the loins of kings,To opendoorsbefore him so that gates will not be shut:2“I will gobefore you and amake the 1roughplacessmooth;I will bshatter the doors of bronze and cutthrough their ironcbars.3“I will give you the 1,atreasures of darknessAnd hiddenwealth of secretplaces,So that you may know that it is I,Yahweh, the God of Israel, who bcalls you by your name.4“For the sake of aJacob My servant,And Israel My chosenone,I have also bcalled you by your name;I have given you atitleofhonorThough you have cnot known Me.5“I am Yahweh, and athereisnoother;bBesides Me thereisnoGod.I will 1,cgird you, though you have not known Me,6That athey may know from the rising to the setting of the sunThat there is bnoonebesides Me.I am Yahweh, and thereisnoother,7The One aforminglight and bcreatingdarkness,Producingpeace and ccreatingcalamity;I am Yahweh who doesallthese.
