Isaiah 45:1-2
New American Standard Bible
God Uses Cyrus
45 This is what the Lord says to (A)Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right (B)hand,
To (C)subdue nations before him
And [a]to (D)undo the weapons belt on the waist of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
2 “I will go before you and (E)make the [b]rough places smooth;
I will (F)shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron (G)bars.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:1 Lit I will loose
- Isaiah 45:2 Another reading is mountains
Isaiah 45:1-2
New International Version
45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,(A)
to Cyrus,(B) whose right hand I take hold(C) of
to subdue nations(D) before him
and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
so that gates will not be shut:
2 I will go before you(E)
and will level(F) the mountains[a];
I will break down gates(G) of bronze
and cut through bars of iron.(H)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:2 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
Isaiah 45:1-2
King James Version
45 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
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:
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Lamentations 2:9
New American Standard Bible
9 Her (A)gates have sunk into the ground,
He has destroyed and broken her bars.
Her king and her leaders are among the nations;
The (B)Law is gone.
Her prophets, too, find
(C)No vision from the Lord.
Lamentations 2:9
King James Version
9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
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Amos 1:5
New American Standard Bible
5 I will also (A)break the gate bar of Damascus,
And eliminate every inhabitant from the [a]Valley of Aven,
As well as him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden;
So the people of Aram will be exiled to (B)Kir,”
Says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Amos 1:5 Possibly Baalbek
Amos 1:5
New International Version
Amos 1:5
King James Version
5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.
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Nahum 3:13
New American Standard Bible
13 Behold, your people are (A)women in your midst!
The gates of your land are (B)opened wide to your enemies;
Fire consumes your gate bars.
Nahum 3:13
New International Version
Nahum 3:13
King James Version
13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
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