Isaiah 40:3

The voice of him that preacheth in the midbar: 1 Prepare ye the Derech Hashem, 1 make straight in the Aravah 1 a highway for Eloheinu. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

In Context

2Speak ye to the lev Yerushalayim, 1 and preach unto her, 1 that her tzeva'a (time of hard service, warfare) is ended, 1 that her avon (iniquity) is nirtzah (punitively paid for, pardoned); 1 for she hath received of the Yad Hashem kiflayim (double) 1 in payment for all her chattot. 1

4Every gey (valley) shall be raised up, 1 and every har and givah (hill) shall be made low; 1 and the crooked shall be made straight, 1 and the rough places bikah (plain, valley); 1

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Cross References

Psalms 68:4But let the tzaddikim have simchah; 1 let them rejoice before Elohim; 1 and, let them rejoice with simchah. 1

Isaiah 35:8And a maslul (highway) shall be there, and a derech (road), 1 and it shall be called The Derech HaKodesh (The Holy Road); 1 the tameh (unclean, impure person [see Isa 26:7]) shall not pass along it, 1 inasmuch as it shall be for them, 1 that is, the Holech Derech (Walker of the Road, i.e., whoever is the [Redeemed] Wayfarer on the Derech HaKodesh), 1 even evilim (morally bad foolish people) shall not go astray thereon. 1

Isaiah 49:11And I will make all My harim into derech, 1 and My highways shall be exalted. 1

Isaiah 62:10Pass through, pass through the She'arim; 1 prepare ye the Derech HaAm; 1 Build up, build up the mesilah (highway); 1 gather out the even (stones); 1 lift up a nes (banner) [visible] over HaAmim (the Nations). 1

Mark 1:2Just as it has been written in Yeshayah HaNavi, HINNENI SHOLEIACH MALACHI (Behold, I send my messenger) before your face, UPINNAH DERECH LEFANAI (and he will prepare the way before me), + 1:2 Ex 23:20; Mal 3:1 he will prepare 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 →

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