Isaiah 45:2
"I will go before you,and make the rough places smooth.I will break the doors of brass in pieces,and cut apart the bars of iron.
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Psalms 107:16For he has broken the gates of brass,and cut through bars of iron.
Isaiah 13:4The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! The Lord of hosts is mustering the army for the battle.
Isaiah 42:16I will bring the blind by a way that they do not know.I will lead them in paths that they do not know.I will make darkness light before them,and crooked places straight.I will do these things,and I will not forsake them.
Daniel 8:4I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no animals could stand before him, neither was there any who could deliver out of his hand. But he did according to his will, and became great.
Luke 3:5Every valley will be filled.Every mountain and hill will be brought low.The crooked will become straight,and the rough ways smooth.
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 →