Isa 45:1-2, Jer 27:7 | ESV | STEP | Thus says the Lord to his anointed , to Cyrus , whose right hand I have grasped , to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings , to open doors before him that gates may not be closed :

Isaiah 45:1-2

Cyrus, God’s Instrument

1 Thus says the Lord to ^ahis anointed, to Cyrus,
^bwhose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and ^cto loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2 “I will go before you
and ^dlevel the exalted places, ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains}
^fI will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,

Jeremiah 27:7

7 ^gAll the nations shall serve him and ^hhis son and ⁱhis grandson, ^juntil the time of his own land comes. ^kThen many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.