Isaiah 40:3

+ 40:3 (context 40:3-5) MP: A messenger is sent by God to comfort Israel by announcing and preparing a way for the Messiah. (See also Mal 3:1). (Matt 3:1-5; Mark 1:4; John 1:22-23) The voice of one who calls out, 2 + 40:3. MP: Messiah has the titles of Yahweh and God associated with him (similar to the Angel of Yahweh in Ex 23:20-21). (See also Index of The Angel of Yahweh). (John 1:14) “Prepare the way of Adonai in the wilderness! 2 + 40:3 c MP: Messiah is associated with God. God is associated with Messiah. (Mark 1:3-4) Make a level highway in the desert for + 40:3. Quoted in Matt 3:3; Mark 1:2-3; Luke 1:76 our God. 1

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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

2“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem [City of peace]; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her depravity (moral evil) is pardoned, that she has received of Adonai’s hand double for all her habitual sins ·missing the marks·.”

4Every valley shall be exalted, 2 and every mountain and hill shall be made low. 2 The uneven shall be made level, 2 and the rough places a plain. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 68:4Sing to God! Sing zahmar ·musical praise· to his name! 2 Extol him who rides on the clouds: 1 to Yah, his name! 2 Rejoice before him! 1

Isaiah 35:8+ 35:8. MP: Pathway for the upright, those who are clean, to walk in, (waters in the desert Is 35:7) and not for those unclean. (See also Is 29:18-19). (Matt 7:13-14; Luke 13:23-24; John 1:22-23) A highway will be there, a road, 2 and it will be called The Holy Way. 1 The unclean shall not pass over it, 2 but it will be for those who walk in the Way. 2 Wicked fools will not go there. 1

Isaiah 49:11I will make all my mountains a road, 2 and my highways shall be exalted. 1

Isaiah 62:10Go through, go through the gates! 2 Prepare the way of the people! 1 Build up, build up the highway! 2 Gather out the stones! 2 Lift up a banner for the peoples. 1

Mark 1:2As it is written in the prophets, 1 “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, 2 who will prepare your way before you: + 1:2. Quoted from Mal 3:1 1

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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