Luke 3:5

Every ravine will-be-filled-full and every mountain and hill will-be-lowered, and the crooked will-be into straight, and the rough into smooth ways,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;

In Context

4as it-has-been-written in to{scroll} of{words} of{Isaiah, the prophet, saying}, "Sound of{crying} in to{the desolate}, prepare the way of{[the] Lord}, be-making straight the paths of{same}.

6and all flesh will-see the saving[adjective] of{the God}."

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Cross References

Hebrews 12:12through-which, straighten-up/anew the having-been-let-beside/neglected hands and the having-been-paralyzed knees

Matthew Henry on Luke 3:2-15

Ministry of John the Baptist. 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 4 As it is… Read the whole commentary →

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