25  I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,

from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name;

he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,

as the potter treads clay.

13  I have ^xstirred him up in righteousness,

and I will make all his ways level;

he shall ^ybuild my city

and set my exiles free,

^znot for price or reward,”

says the Lord of hosts.