Psalm 107:16 {106:16}
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Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst iron bars.

Judges 16:3 But Samson slept till midnight, and then rising, he took both the doors of the gate, with the posts thereof and the bolt, and laying them on his shoulders, carried them up to the top of the hill, which looketh towards Hebron.

Isaiah 45:1,2 Thus saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut. . . .

Micah 2:13 I will assemble and gather together all of thee, O Jacob: I will bring together the remnant of Israel, I will put them together as a flock in the fold, as sheep in the midst of the sheepcotes, they shall make a tumult by reason of the multitude of men.

Context
Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good
15Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men. 16Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst iron bars.17He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices.…
Cross References
Isaiah 45:1
Thus saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut.

Isaiah 45:2
I will go before thee, and will humble the great ones of the earth: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and will burst the bars of iron.

Jeremiah 28:13
Go, and tell Hananias: Thus saith the Lord: Thou hast broken chains of wood, and thou shalt make for them chains of iron.

Lexicon
For
כִּֽי־ (kî·ši-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

He has broken down
שִׁ֭בַּר (bar)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7665: To break, break in pieces

the gates
דַּלְת֣וֹת (dal·ṯō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1817: Something swinging, the valve of a, door

of bronze
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת (nə·ḥō·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base

and cut through
גִּדֵּֽעַ׃ (gid·dê·a‘)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1438: To fell a, tree, to destroy anything

the bars
וּבְרִיחֵ֖י (ū·ḇə·rî·ḥê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1280: A bolt

of iron.
בַרְזֶ֣ל (ḇar·zel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1270: Iron, an iron implement


Additional Translations
For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.For he has 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.

For he broke to pieces the brazen gates, and crushed the iron bars.

For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron.

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 asunder.

For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron.

For He hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron He hath cut.
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