Isa 45:1-7 | 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 :

i[See ver. 3 above]

Isaiah 45:1-7

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.
4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
ⁱI call you by your name,
^jI name you, though you do not know me.
5 ^kI am the Lord, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
^lI equip you, though you do not know me,
6 ^mthat people may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, that there is none besides me;
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7 I form light and create darkness,
I make well-being and ⁿcreate calamity;
I am the Lord, who does all these things.