Isaiah 45:2 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 45:2

“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

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ASV

I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;

KJV

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:

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Chapter 45, Verses 1-7) Thus says the Lord to Cyrus, his anointed one, whom he has taken by the right hand to subdue nations before him and strip the loins of kings, to force gateways before him that their gates be closed no more: I will go before you, and level the mountains; I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The crooked places “The mountains” - For הדורים hodurim, crooked places, a word not easily accounted for in this place, the Septuagint read הררים hararim, τα ορη, the mountains. Two MSS. have הדרים hadarim, without the ו vau, which is hardly distinguishable from the reading of the Septuagint. The Divine protection that attended Cyrus, and rendered his expedition against Babylon easy and prosperous is finely expressed by God’s going before him, and making the mountains level. The image is highly poetical: - At vos, qua veniet, tumidi subsidite montes, Et faciles curvis vallibus este viae. Ovid, Amor.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֲנִי֙	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
לְפָנֶ֣יךָ	le.fa.Nei.kha	<to> before you	H6440 →
אֵלֵ֔ךְ	'e.Lekh	I will go	H1980 →
וַהֲדוּרִ֖ים	va.ha.du.Rim	and [the] mountainous land<s>	H1921 →
אֲיַשֵּׁ֑ר	'o.shir	I will make smooth	H3474 →
דַּלְת֤וֹת	dal.Tot	doors of	H1817 →
נְחוּשָׁה֙	ne.chu.Shah	bronze	H5154 →
אֲשַׁבֵּ֔ר	'a.sha.Ber	I will break	H7665 →
וּבְרִיחֵ֥י	u.ve.ri.Chei	and bars of	H1280 →
בַרְזֶ֖ל	var.Zel	iron	H1270 →
אֲגַדֵּֽעַ׃	'a.ga.De.a'	I will cut through	H1438 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 40:4
Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
leads to
- Luke 3:5
  Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 21:26
  This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.
Through
Luke 3:5
Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
leads to
- Isaiah 40:4
  Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 17:24
  Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 42:16
  I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These…
Through
Isaiah 42:16
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These…
leads to
- Isaiah 30:21
  And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Isaiah 60:19–20
  No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
- Isaiah 35:8
  And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.

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