Isa 45:1-3, Jer 51:58 | 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 45:1-3

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,
3 ^gI will give you the treasures of darkness
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the Lord,
the God of Israel, ^hwho call you by your name.

Jeremiah 51:58

58 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
The broad ⁱwall of Babylon
shall be leveled to the ground,
^jand her high gates
shall be burned with fire.
^kThe peoples labor for nothing,
and ^lthe nations weary themselves only for fire.”