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“I myself will prepare your way,
    leveling mountains and hills.
I will break down bronze gates
    and smash their iron bars.
I will give you treasures from dark, secret places;
    then you will know that I am the Lord
    and that the God of Israel has called you by name.
I appoint you to help my servant Israel,
    the people that I have chosen.
I have given you great honor,
    although you do not know me.

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I will go before you(A)
    and will level(B) the mountains[a];
I will break down gates(C) of bronze
    and cut through bars of iron.(D)
I will give you hidden treasures,(E)
    riches stored in secret places,(F)
so that you may know(G) that I am the Lord,
    the God of Israel, who summons you by name.(H)
For the sake of Jacob my servant,(I)
    of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
    and bestow on you a title of honor,
    though you do not acknowledge(J) me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:2 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.