...and addresses himself, in the prayer of fervency and of faith, to that Almighty Power, which can " break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron." For he also remembers that the Lord, the Lord strong and mighty, gracious and good, has promised to...

...; and the gates shall not be shut ; 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 ; and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD,...

...I will loose the loins of kings, and open to him the two-leaved gates; I will go before him: — I will break in pieces the gates of brass and cut in sunder the bars of iron," &c. But what shall Cyrus have done, that the great God should do him this honor? he did not so much...

...gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 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 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name : I have surnamed...

...hades ; " even Jesus, the " First-begotten of the dead, and Prince of the kings of the earth ; to " creation is, "To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers (Ps. cvii. 16) ; to " open the two-leaved gates" (Isai. xlv. 1) ; to " proclaim liberty to the captives,...

...; and the gates were not shut. He went before him, and made the crooked places straight : he broke in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron." (Isa. 45. 1.)* Gobrias and Gadates, when they entered Babylon, marched directly to the palace, killing...

...; and the gates were not shut. He went before him, and made the crooked places straight : he broke in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron." (Isa. 45. 1.)* Gobrias and Gadates, when they entered Babylon, marched directly to the palace, killing...

...; and the gates shall not be shut ; 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 : and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD,...

...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: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest...

...and the prophet, in that remarkable passage, where God promises to go before Cyrus his anointed, and "break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron," Isaiah xlv. 2. But, conscious that all these precautions were insufficient for their security, the...