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:

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. {besieged: or, fenced and closed}

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

Wilt thou play with him as {with} a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?