The Anointed

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Thus says Adonai to His anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him so that gates may not be shut.

2 I will go before you and make crooked places straight. I will shatter bronze doors
and cut through iron bars.

3 I will give you treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, so you may know that I am Adonai, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.

4 For the sake of Jacob My servant, and Israel My chosen one, I have also called you by name,
I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.

5 I am Adonai—there is no other.
Besides Me there is no God.

I will strengthen you,
though you have not known Me,
6 so they may know,
    from the rising to the setting of the sun,
that there is no one besides Me.
I am Adonai—there is no other.
7 I form light and create darkness.
I make shalom and create calamity.
I, Adonai, do all these things.

Isaiah 45:1-7, Tree of Life version