“Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; have: or, strengthened”
To assure the Jews of their deliverance against the great tentations that they should abide, he nameth the person and the means. To guide him in the deliverance of my people. Because Cyrus should execute the office of a deliverer, God called him his anointed for a time, but after another sort than he called David.