Isaiah 45:2

I will go before thee, 1 and make straight the crooked paths; 1 I will break down the delatot nechoshet, 1 and cut through their barzel (iron) bars; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

In Context

1Thus saith Hashem to His Moshiach, 1 to Koresh (Cyrus), whose yamin (right hand) I have taken hold of, 1 to subdue Goyim before him; 1 and the loins of melachim I ungird, 1 to open before him the double doors and the she'arim (gates), 1 that they may not continue shut; 1

3And I will give thee the otzarot choshech, 1 and hidden riches of mistarim (secret places) 1 that thou mayest know that I, Hashem, 1 Who call thee by thy shem (name), am Elohei Yisroel. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 107:16For He hath broken down the dlatot nechoshet, 1 and cut asunder the bars of barzel (iron). 1

Isaiah 13:4The noise of a hamon (multitude) in the harim (mountains), 1 like as of an Am Rav; 1 a tumultuous noise of the mamlechot (kingdoms) of Goyim gathered together; 1 Hashem Tzva'os mustereth the Tzava (army) of the milchamah (battle, war). 1

Isaiah 42:16And I will bring the ivrim (blind) 1 by a derech that they knew not; 1 I will lead them in paths 1 that they have not known; 1 I will make choshech into ohr before them, 1 and crooked things straight. 1 These things will I do unto them, 1 and not forsake them. 1

Daniel 8:4I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no chayyot (beasts) might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and made a great display of strength.

Luke 3:5KOL GEY YINNASE VKHOL HAR VGIVAH YISHPALU (Every valley will be filled in and every mountain and hill will be leveled off), VHAYAH HEAKOV LEMISHOR VHARKHASIM LVIKAH (The crooked will be made straight, the rough paths made into smooth roads);

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:2-5

Prophecies Concerning Cyrus. ( b. c. 708.) 1 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; 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that… Read the whole commentary →

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