11  ^acalling a bird of prey from the east,

the man of my counsel from a far country.

^bI have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;

I have purposed, and I will do it.

1  Thus says the Lord to ^phis anointed, to Cyrus,

^qwhose right hand I have grasped,

to subdue nations before him

and ^rto loose the belts of kings,

to open doors before him

that gates may not be closed: