Isaiah 40:3
A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.
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Psalms 68:4\68:3\But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.
Isaiah 35:8And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.
Isaiah 49:11And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.
Isaiah 62:10Go through, go through the doors; make ready the way of the people; let the highway be lifted up; let the stones be taken away; let a flag be lifted up over the peoples.
Malachi 4:5See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.
Mark 1:2Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:2-3
Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord 's hand double for all her sins. We have here the commission and instructions given, not to this prophet only, but, with him, to all the Lord's prophets, nay, and to all Christ's ministers, to proclaim comfort to God's people. 1. This did not only warrant, but enjoin, this… Read the whole commentary →