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Isaiah 45:2

King James Version (KJV)

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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:

Isaiah 45:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 45:2

Theological / Devotional

Crooked places straight. The LXX and Dead Sea scroll 1QIs read “level the mountains.” See on ch. 40:3, 4. The Lord would prepare the way for Cyrus to perform His work. The language of the verse is figurative.

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