Isa 45:2 | JFB | e4.org | 2. crooked . . . straight — ( ), rather, "maketh mountains plain" [LOWTH ], that is, clear out of thy way all opposing persons and things. The Keri reads as in , "make straight" ( Margin ). gates of brass — ( ). HERODOTUS (1.179) says, Babylon had a hundred massive gates, twenty-five on each of the four sides of the city, all, as well as their posts, of brass. bars of iron

‏ Isaiah 45:2

2. crooked . . . straight— (Isa 40:4), rather, "maketh mountains plain" [LOWTH], that is, clear out of thy way all opposing persons and things. The Keri reads as in Isa 45:13, "make straight" (Margin).

gates of brass— (Ps 107:16). HERODOTUS (1.179) says, Babylon had a hundred massive gates, twenty-five on each of the four sides of the city, all, as well as their posts, of brass.

bars of iron—with which the gates were fastened.