Isaiah 40:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.

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  • Mark 1:2-5 : 2 Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way; 3 The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight; 4 John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed. 5 And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.
  • John 1:23 : 23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
  • Mal 3:1 : 1 See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.
  • Matt 3:1-3 : 1 And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea, 2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near. 3 For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.
  • Mal 4:5-6 : 5 See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared. 6 And by him the hearts of fathers will be turned to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers; for fear that I may come and put the earth under a curse.
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.
  • Luke 1:76-77 : 76 And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways; 77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,
  • Isa 43:19 : 19 See, I am doing a new thing; now it is starting; will you not take note of it? I will even make a way in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country.
  • Isa 62:10-11 : 10 Go through, go through the doors; make ready the way of the people; let the highway be lifted up; let the stones be taken away; let a flag be lifted up over the peoples. 11 The Lord has sent out word to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your saviour comes; those whom he has made free are with him, and those to whom he has given salvation go before him.
  • Luke 3:2-6 : 2 When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land. 3 And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed. 4 As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight. 5 Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth; 6 And all flesh will see the salvation of God.
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.
  • Ps 68:4 : 4 Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name; make a way for him who comes through the waste lands; his name is Jah; be glad before him.
  • Isa 11:15-16 : 15 And the Lord will make the tongue of the Egyptian sea completely dry; and with his burning wind his hand will be stretched out over the River, and it will be parted into seven streams, so that men may go over it with dry feet. 16 And there will be a highway for the rest of his people from Assyria; as there was for Israel in the day when he came up out of the land of Egypt.
  • Isa 49:11 : 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.

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    3 And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

    4 As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

    5 Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;

    6 And all flesh will see the salvation of God.

  • Mark 1:2-4
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    2 Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

    3 The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;

    4 John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

  • Matt 3:1-3
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    1 And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

    2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

    3 For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

  • Isa 40:4-6
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    4 Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,

    5 And the glory of the Lord will be made clear, and all flesh will see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has said it.

    6 A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its strength like the flower of the field.

  • John 1:23
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    23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

  • Isa 57:14
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    14 And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.

  • Isa 62:10
    79%

    10 Go through, go through the doors; make ready the way of the people; let the highway be lifted up; let the stones be taken away; let a flag be lifted up over the peoples.

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    1 Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.

    2 Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that her punishment is complete; that she has been rewarded by the Lord's hand twice over for all her sins.

  • Isa 49:11
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    11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.

  • Isa 40:9
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    9 You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!

  • Matt 11:10
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    10 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

  • Isa 35:8
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    8 And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.

  • Luke 7:27
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    27 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

  • Luke 1:76
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    76 And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

  • Isa 43:19
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    19 See, I am doing a new thing; now it is starting; will you not take note of it? I will even make a way in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country.

  • Isa 43:16
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    16 This is the word of the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a road through the deep waters;

  • Luke 1:17
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    17 And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

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    1 The waste land and the dry places will be glad; the lowland will have joy and be full of flowers.

  • Mal 3:1
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    1 See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.

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    2 I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the iron rods cut in two:

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    3 For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.

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    5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

    6 Then will the feeble-footed be jumping like a roe, and the voice which was stopped will be loud in song: for in the waste land streams will be bursting out, and waters in the dry places.

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    3 For see, the Lord is coming out from his place, and will come down, stepping on the high places of the earth.

    4 And the mountains will be turned to water under him, and the deep valleys will be broken open, like wax before the fire, like waters flowing down a slope.

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    15 I will make waste mountains and hills, drying up all their plants; and I will make rivers dry, and pools dry land.

    16 And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.

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    13 Righteousness will go before him, making a way for his footsteps.

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    11 Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.

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    1 The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

    2 To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;

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    3 Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.

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    16 And there will be a highway for the rest of his people from Assyria; as there was for Israel in the day when he came up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Joel 3:14
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    14 Give this out among the nations; make ready for war: get the strong men awake; let all the men of war come near, let them come up.

  • Matt 3:5
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    5 Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

  • Heb 12:13
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    13 And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.

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    12 For this reason, Zion will be ploughed like a field because of you, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like a high place in the woods.

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    1 The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the waste land, from the land greatly to be feared.

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    16 And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes.