Isaiah 45:2
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"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:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
עֵבֶר
ʻêber
properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning ...
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
נְחֹשֶׁת
nᵉchôsheth
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
מָסַר
mâçar
to sunder, i.e. (transitively) set apart, or (reflex.) apostatize
בַּרְזֶל
barzel
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
Key Terms in This Verse
מָסַר mâçar
to sunder, i.e. (transitively) set apart, or (reflex.) apostatize
Study H4560 →עֵבֶר ʻêber
properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)
Study H5676 →נְחֹשֶׁת nᵉchôsheth
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
Study H5178 →Cross References
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do ...
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
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