For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. Isaiah 45:2 puts this very language into the mouth of Yahweh concerning Cyrus, the conqueror of Babylon and the deliverer of the Jews, "I will
... open before him the two-leaved gates ... I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron." Compare metaphorically, Psalms 116:16.