Isaiah 45:2 - Amplified Bible

² “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² I will go before you and level the mountains [to make the crooked places straight]; I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut asunder the bars of iron.

American Standard Version (1901)

² 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;

Common English Bible

² I myself will go before you, and I will level mountains. I will shatter bronze doors; I will cut through iron bars.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² I will go before you. And I will humble the glorious ones of the earth. I will shatter the gates of brass, and I will break apart the bars of iron.

Isaiah 45:2 Cross References

Psalm 107:16

For He has shattered the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron apart.

Isaiah 13:2

Lift up a signal banner on the bare mountain, Summon them [the Medes and Persians] with a loud voice, Wave the [beckoning] hand so that they may enter the doorways of the [Babylonian] nobles.

Isaiah 14:31

“Howl, O gate; cry, O city! Melt away, O Philistia, all of you; For smoke comes out of the north, And there is no straggler in his ranks and no one stands detached [in Hezekiah’s battalions].

Isaiah 24:12

Horrible desolation is left in the city, And the gate is battered into ruins.

Isaiah 40:4

“Every valley shall be raised, And every mountain and hill be made low; And let the rough ground become a plain, And the rugged places a broad valley.

Isaiah 42:16

“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know; I will guide them in paths that they do not know. I will make darkness into light before them And rugged places into plains. These things I will do [for them], And I will not leave them abandoned or undone.”

Isaiah 45:13

“I have stirred up Cyrus and put him into action in righteousness [to accomplish My purpose] And I will make all his ways smooth; He will build My city and let My exiles go, Without any payment or reward,” says the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 48:15

“I, even I, have spoken; indeed, I have called Cyrus; I have brought him, and will make his way successful.

Jeremiah 28:13

“Go and tell Hananiah, ‘The Lord says this, “You have broken yokes of wood, but you have made in their place bars of iron.”

Jeremiah 51:30

The mighty warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight; They remain in their strongholds. Their strength and power have failed; They are becoming [weak and helpless] like women. Their dwelling places are set on fire; The bars on her gates are broken.

Jeremiah 51:58

Thus says the Lord of hosts, “The broad wall of Babylon will be completely overthrown and the foundations razed And her high gates will be set on fire; The peoples will labor in vain, And the nations become exhausted [only] for fire [that will destroy their work].” [Hab 2:13]

Daniel 5:28

‘peres’—your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”

Daniel 8:4

I saw the ram (Medo-Persia) charging westward and northward and southward; no beast could stand before him, nor was there anyone who could rescue [anything] from his power, but he did as he pleased and magnified himself. [Dan 8:20]

Nahum 3:13

Behold, your people are [as weak and helpless as] women in your midst! The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies; Fire consumes the bars across your gates.

Luke 3:5

‘Every ravine shall be filled up, And every mountain and hill shall be leveled; And the crooked [places] shall be made straight, And the rough roads smooth;

Acts 1:15

Now on one of these days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty believers was there) and he said,