¹⁷ Behold, I am going to ^(A)stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not value silver or ^(B)take pleasure in gold.

² A ^(A)harsh vision has been shown to me;
The ^(B)treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, ^(C)Elam, lay siege, Media;
I have put an end to all ^[a]the groaning she has caused.

45 This is what the Lord says to ^(A)Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right ^(B)hand,
To ^(C)subdue nations before him
And ^[a]to ^(D)undo the weapons belt on the waist of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
² “I will go before you and ^(E)make the ^[b]rough places smooth;
I will ^(F)shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron ^(G)bars.