Isaiah 45:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"I will goאֵלֵ֔ךְ
(e·lech,)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
beforeלְפָנֶ֣יךָ
(le·fa·nei·cha)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
you and make(אֲיַשֵּׁ֑ר
(a·ya·sher;)
3474: to be smooth, straight, or righta prim. root
the rough placesוַהֲדוּרִ֖ים
(va·ha·du·rim)
1921: to honor, adorn, perhaps to swella prim. root
smooth; 
 
3474: to be smooth, straight, or righta prim. root
I will shatterאֲשַׁבֵּ֔ר
(a·shab·ber,)
7665: to break, break in piecesa prim. root
the doorsדַּלְתֹ֤ות
(dal·to·vt)
1817: a doorfrom dalah
of bronzeנְחוּשָׁה֙
(ne·chu·shah)
5154: copper, bronzefem. of nachush
and cut throughאֲגַדֵּֽעַ׃
(a·gad·de·a'.)
1438: to hew, hew down or offa prim. root
their ironבַרְזֶ֖ל
(var·zel)
1270: ironfrom the same as Birzoth
bars.וּבְרִיחֵ֥י
(u·ve·ri·chei)
1280: a barfrom barach


















KJV Lexicon
I will go
yalak  (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
thee and make
yashar  (yaw-shar')
to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
the crooked places
hadar  (haw-dar')
to swell up (literally or figuratively, active or passive); by implication, to favor or honour, be high or proud -- countenance, crooked place, glorious, honour, put forth.
straight
yashar  (yaw-shar')
to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous

yashar  (yaw-shar')
to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
I will break in pieces
shabar  (shaw-bar')
to burst -- break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken(-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, quite, tear
the gates
deleth  (deh'-leth)
something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door -- door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (In Psa. 141:3, dal, irreg.).
of brass
nchuwshah  (nekh-oo-shaw')
copper -- brass, steel.
and cut in sunder
gada`  (gaw-dah')
to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything -- cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
the bars
briyach  (ber-ee'-akh)
a bolt -- bar, fugitive.
of iron
barzel  (bar-zel')
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement -- (ax) head, iron.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"I will go before you and make the rough places smooth; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.

King James Bible
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:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will go before you and level the uneven places; I will shatter the bronze doors and cut the iron bars in two.

International Standard Version
"I myself will go before you, and he will make the mountains level; I'll shatter bronze doors and cut through iron bars.

NET Bible
"I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will go ahead of you, Cyrus, and smooth out the rough places. I will break down the bronze doors and cut through the iron bars.

King James 2000 Bible
I will go before you, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron:
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