12.05.16 - Isaiah 45:2

Isaiah 45:2 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: KJV

Monday, December 05, 2016

6:59 PM

1.    Crooked places . . .

a.     OT:2042 harar (haw-rawr'); from an unused root meaning to loom up; a mountain: KJV - hill, mount (-ain)

2.    Make straight . . .

a.     OT:3474 yashar (yaw-shar'); a primitive root; to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous: KJV - direct, fit, seem good (meet), please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright (-ly).

3.    Will break in pieces . . .

a.     OT:7665 shabar (shaw-bar'); a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively): KJV - break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken ([-hearted]), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, quite, tear, view [by mistake for OT:7663]

4.    The gates . . .

a.     OT:1817 deleth (deh'-leth); from OT:1802; something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door: KJV - door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. [In Psalms 141:3, dal, irreg.].

                                  i.         Psalms 141:3  Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.KJV

5.    Of brass . . .

a.     OT:5154 nechuwshah (nekh-oo-shaw'); or nechushah (nekh-oo-shaw'); feminine of OT:5153; copper:

KJV - brass, steel. Compare OT:5176.

6.    Cut in sunder . . .

a.     OT:1438 gada` (gaw-dah'); a primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything: KJV - cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.nc.)

7.    Bars  . . .

a.     OT:1280 beriyach (ber-ee'-akh); from OT:1272; a bolt: KJV - bar, fugitive.

8.    Iron . . .

a.     OT:1270 barzel (bar-zel'); perhaps from the root of OT:1269; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement: KJV - (ax) head, iron.

                                  i.         IRON Figuratively, a yoke of iron (Deuteronomy 28:48) denotes hard service; a rod of iron (Psalms 2:9), a stern government; a pillar of iron (Jeremiah 1:18), a strong support; a furnace of iron (Deuteronomy 4:20), severe labour; a bar of iron (Job 40:18), strength; fetters of iron (Psalms 107:10), affliction; giving silver for iron (Isaiah 60:17), prosperity.

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