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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‘I will go before you
(A)And[a] make the [b]crooked places straight;
(B)I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:2 Tg. I will trample down the walls; Vg. I will humble the great ones of the earth
  2. Isaiah 45:2 DSS, LXX mountains

And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

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And the sword shall slash in his cities,
Devour his districts,
And consume them,
Because of their own counsels.

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