‘ 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.

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

“ 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 in. Every mountain and hill will be made level. The crooked roads will become straight. The rough ways will become smooth.

Every valley will be filled in. Every mountain and hill will be made level. The rough ground will be smoothed out. The rocky places will be made flat.

He breaks down gates that are made of bronze. He cuts through bars that are made of iron.

Israel is blind. So I will lead them along paths they had not known before. I will guide them on roads they are not familiar with. I will turn the darkness into light as they travel. I will make the rough places smooth. Those are the things I will do. I will not desert my people.

Babylon’s soldiers have stopped fighting. They remain in their forts. Their strength is all gone. They have become weak. Their buildings are set on fire. The metal bars that lock their gates are broken.

Listen! I hear a noise in the mountains. It sounds like a huge crowd. Listen! I hear a loud noise among the kingdoms. It sounds like nations gathering together. The Lord who rules over all is bringing an army together for war.They come from lands far away. They come from the farthest places on earth. The Lord and those weapons of his anger are coming to destroy the whole country of Babylon.Cry out! The day of the Lord is near. The Mighty One is coming to destroy the Babylonians.Their hands won’t be able to help them. Everyone’s heart will melt away in fear.The people will be filled with terror. Pain and suffering will grab hold of them. They will groan with pain like a woman having a baby. They’ll look at one another in terror. Their faces will burn with shame.The day of the Lord is coming. It will be a terrible day. The Lord’ s burning anger will blaze out. He will make the land dry and empty. He’ll destroy the sinners in it.All the stars in the sky will stop giving their light. The sun will be darkened as soon as it rises. The moon will not shine.The Lord will punish the world because it is so evil. He will punish evil people for their sins. He’ll put an end to the bragging of those who are proud. He’ll bring down the pride of those who don’t show any pity.He’ll make people harder to find than pure gold. They will be harder to find than gold from Ophir.He will make the heavens tremble. He’ll shake the earth out of its place. The Lord who rules over all will show how angry he is. At that time his burning anger will blaze out.Outsiders who live in Babylon will scatter like antelope that are chased by a hunter. They are like sheep that don’t have a shepherd. All of them will return to their own people. They will run back to their own countries.Those who are captured will have spears stuck through them. Those who are caught will be killed by swords.Their babies will be smashed to pieces right in front of their eyes. Their houses will be robbed. Their wives will be raped.The Lord will stir up the Medes to attack the Babylonians. They aren’t interested in getting silver. They don’t want gold.

In those days Peter stood up among the believers. About 120 of them were there.