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

“我必在你前面行，修平崎岖之地。我必打破铜门，砍断铁闩。

“我要在你前面行，修平崎岖之地。我必打破铜门，砍断铁闩。

“我要在你前面行，修平崎岖之地。我必打破铜门，砍断铁闩。

‘我要走在你前面，为你铲平高山，打破铜门，砍断铁闩。

我必亲自领导你，把高低不平的路修平；铜门，我必打破；铁门，我必砍断。

“我必在你前面行，修平崎岖之地；我要打碎铜门，砍断铁闩。

我必在你前面行，修平崎嶇之地。我必打破銅門，砍斷鐵閂。

「我要在你前面行，修平崎嶇之地。我必打破銅門，砍斷鐵閂。

「我要在你前面行，修平崎嶇之地。我必打破銅門，砍斷鐵閂。

『我要走在你前面，為你鏟平高山，打破銅門，砍斷鐵閂。

我必親自領導你，把高低不平的路修平；銅門，我必打破；鐵門，我必砍斷。

『我必親自領導你，使道路平直；銅門我必打破，鐵閂我必砍斷；

「我必在你前面行，修平崎嶇之地；我要打碎銅門，砍斷鐵閂。

謂之曰、我將為爾先導、平治崎嶇、碎銅門、折鐵楗、

我備爾道、使曲為直、毀敵銅門、斷敵鐵楗、

我行於爾前、使曲為直、為爾毀銅門、斷鐵楗、

I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron.

‘ I will march out ahead of you. I will make the mountains level. I will break down bronze gates. I will cut through their heavy iron bars.

“ I will go before you and level the exalted places, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron,

This is what the Lord says:“ I will go before you, Cyrus, and level the mountains. I will smash down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron.

“ I will go before you and make the rough places smooth; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.

‘ I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron.

I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;

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

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:

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

“ I will go before you and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of bronze in pieces and cut apart the bars of iron.

Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; the crooked will become straight, the rough ways smooth,

Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled; the uneven ground will become smooth and the rough places, a plain.

For he has broken down the bronze gates and cut through the iron bars.

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on paths they have not known. I will turn darkness to light in front of them and rough places into level ground. This is what I will do for them, and I will not abandon them.

Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their might is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, her gate bars are shattered.

Listen, a commotion on the mountains, like that of a mighty people! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations being gathered together! The LORD of Armies is mobilizing an army for war.They are coming from a distant land, from the farthest horizon— the LORD and the weapons of his wrath— to destroy the whole country.Wail! For the day of the LORD is near. It will come as destruction from the Almighty.Therefore everyone’s hands will become weak, and every man will lose heart.They will be horrified; pain and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look at each other, their faces flushed with fear.Look, the day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy its sinners.Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will not shine.I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their iniquities. I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant and humiliate the insolence of tyrants.I will make a human more scarce than fine gold, and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will shake from its foundations at the wrath of the LORD of Armies, on the day of his burning anger.Like wandering gazelles and like sheep without a shepherd, each one will turn to his own people, each one will flee to his own land.Whoever is found will be stabbed, and whoever is caught will die by the sword.Their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted, and their wives raped.Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them, who cannot be bought off with silver and who have no desire for gold.

In those days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters— the number of people who were together was about a hundred twenty— and said,