1. “Thus said יהוה to His anointed, to Koresh, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and ungird the loins of sovereigns, to open before him the double doors, so that gates are not shut:
2. ‘I go before you and make the crooked places straight; I shatter the gates of bronze and cut down the bars of iron.
3. ‘And I shall give you the treasures of darkness and hoarded wealth of secret places, so that you know that I, יהוה, who are calling you by your name, am the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl.
4. ‘For the sake of Ya‛aqoḇ My servant, and of Yisra’ĕl My chosen, I also call you by your name, I give you a title, though you have not known Me.
5. ‘I am יהוה, and there is none else – there is no Elohim besides Me. I gird you, though you have not known Me,
6. so that they know from the rising of the sun to its setting that there is none but Me. I am יהוה, and there is none else,