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Isaiah 40:4

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

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In The King James Version

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

3The voice of one who calls out,"Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness!Make a level highway in the desert for our God.

5The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,and all flesh shall see the salvation of God; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it."

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Cross References

Job 40:11Pour out the fury of your anger.Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

Proverbs 2:15who are crooked in their ways,and wayward in their paths:

Isaiah 42:11Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices,with the villages that Kedar inhabits.Let the inhabitants of Sela sing.Let them shout from the top of the mountains!

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

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

Ezekiel 21:26thus says the Lord God: "Remove the turban, and take off the crown; this shall be no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high."

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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