Isaiah 40:3
The voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place.
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Psalms 68:4I have endured hardships, while crying out. My jaws have become hoarse; my eyes have failed. Meanwhile, I hope in my God.
Isaiah 35:8And there shall be a path and a road in that place. And it will be called the Holy Way. The defiled will not pass through it. For this will be an upright path for you, so much so that the foolish will not wander along it.
Isaiah 49:11And I will make all my mountains into a road, and my paths will be exalted.
Isaiah 62:10Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare a way for the people! Make the road level, remove the stones, and lift up a sign for the people!
Malachi 4:5Behold, I will send to you Elijah the prophet, before the arrival of the great and terrible day of the Lord.
Mark 1:2As it has been written by the prophet Isaiah: “Behold, I send my Angel before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.
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 →