The treacherous one is acting treacherously,

And the destroyer is destroying.

45 This is what Jehovah says to his anointed one, to Cyrus,+

Whose right hand I have taken hold of+

To subdue nations before him,+

To disarm* kings,

To open before him the double doors,

So that the gates will not be shut:

 9 For here I am raising up and bringing against Babylon

An assembly of great nations from the land of the north.+

They will come against her in battle formation;

From there she will be captured.

Their arrows are like those of a warrior

Causing bereavement of children;+

They do not come back without results.