..." 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...

...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...

...loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut ; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places...which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel." Isa. xlv, 1—3. is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces ; her idols are coufounded,...

...before thee and make the crooked places straight; 1 will break in pieces the gates of brass, and will cut in sunder the bars of iron, and I will give thee...thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. For Jacob, my servanfs sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name, I have surnamed thee, though...

...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...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...

...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 ban of iron," Isa. xlv, :.'. But, conscious that all these precautions wore insufficient for their...

...vli. the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates, and the gates shall not be shut : 1 will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight...darkness, and hidden riches of secret places,* that thou inayest know that I, Jehovah, who call thee by thy uame, am the God of Israel. For Jacob my servant's...