Isaiah 40:4

Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled; 1 and the rugged land will be made level, and the rough places a plain; 1

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Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

In Context

3A voice cries out, 1 “In the wilderness prepare the way of Yahweh; 1 make straight in the Arabah a highway for our God.” + 40:3 Some older modern versions have A voice cries out in the wilderness . 1

5and the glory of Yahweh will be revealed, and all people will see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it. 1

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Cross References

Job 40:11Scatter around the excess of your anger; 1 look at everyone who is proud and bring him down. 1

Proverbs 2:15They follow crooked paths, 1 and using deception they hide their tracks. 1

Isaiah 42:11Let the desert and the cities cry out, the villages where Kedar lives, shout for joy! 1 Let the inhabitants of Sela sing; let them shout from the mountaintops. 1

Isaiah 42:16I will bring the blind by a way that they do not know; in paths that they do not know I will lead them. 1 I will turn the darkness into light before them, and make the crooked places straight. 1 These things I will do, and I will not abandon them. 1

Isaiah 62:10Come through, come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! 1 Build it, build the highway! Gather out the stones! 1 Raise up a signal flag for the nations! 1

Ezekiel 21:26the Lord Yahweh says this to you: Remove the turban and take off the crown! Things will no longer be the same! Exalt the lowly and humble the exalted! 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:4-9

Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 708.) 3 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. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is… Read the whole commentary →

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