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Isaiah 40:4

Let, every valley, be exalted, And every mountain and hill, be made low,—And, the steep ground become, level, And, the chain of hills—a plain:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

3A voice of one crying!—In the desert, prepare ye the way of Yahweh,—Make smooth in the waste plain a highway for our God:

5Then shall be revealed the glory of Yahweh,—And all flesh shall see it together, For, the mouth of Yahweh, hath spoken!

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Cross References

Job 40:11Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low;

Proverbs 2:15Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:

Isaiah 42:11Let the wilderness shout, and the cities thereof, The villages wherein dwelleth Kedar,—Let the inhabitants of the crag, raise shouts of triumph, From the top of the mountains, let them cry aloud:

Isaiah 42:16Thus will I lead the blind, by a way they know not, In paths they know not, will I guide them,—I will make the place that was dark before them to be, light. And crooked ways, to be, straight, These things, have I done unto them, And have not forsaken them.

Isaiah 62:10Pass ye through pass ye through the gates, Prepare ye the way of the people,—Cast ye up, cast ye up the highway, Clear it of stones, Lift ye high a standard unto the peoples.

Ezekiel 21:26Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, Remove the turban, And lift off the crown,— This not that, The abased, exalt, And the exalted, abase.

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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