Isaiah 45:1-2

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

45 Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,
    whose right hand I have grasped
to subdue nations before him
    and strip kings of their robes,
to open doors before him—
    and the gates shall not be closed:
² I will go before you
    and level the mountains,^[a]
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
    and cut through the bars of iron,