Isaiah 40:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

A voyce cryeth in the wildernesse, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make streight in the desert a path for our God.

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  • Mark 1:2-5 : 2 As it is written in the Prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 3 The voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse is, Prepare the way of the Lord: make his paths straight. 4 Iohn did baptize in the wildernesse, and preach the baptisme of amendement of life, for remission of sinnes. 5 And al ye countrey of Iudea, & they of Hierusalem went out vnto him, and were all baptized of him in the riuer Iordan, confessing their sinnes.
  • John 1:23 : 23 He said, I am the voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turne to their Lord God. 17 For he shall goe before him in the spirite and power of Elias, to turne the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
  • Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lorde whom ye seeke, shall speedely come to his Temple: euen the messenger of the couenant whom ye desire: beholde, he shall come, sayth the Lord of hostes.
  • Matt 3:1-3 : 1 And in those dayes, Iohn the Baptist came and preached in the wildernes of Iudea, 2 And said, Repent: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand. 3 For this is he of whome it is spoken by the Prophet Esaias, saying, The voyce of him that crieth in the wildernes, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his pathes straight.
  • Mal 4:5-6 : 5 Beholde, I will sende you Eliiah the Prophet before the comming of the great and fearefull day of the Lord. 6 And he shall turne the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with cursing.
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 And he shall say, Cast vp, cast vp: prepare the way: take vp the stumbling blocks out of the way of my people.
  • Luke 1:76-77 : 76 And thou, babe, shalt be called the Prophet of the most High: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord, to prepare his waies, 77 And to giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remission of their sinnes,
  • Isa 43:19 : 19 Behold, I do a new thing: now shal it come foorth: shall you not knowe it? I wil euen make a way in the desert, and floods in the wildernesse.
  • Isa 62:10-11 : 10 Go through, go through the gates: prepare you the way for the people: cast vp, cast vp the way, and gather out the stones and set vp a standart for the people. 11 Beholde, the Lorde hath proclaimed vnto the endes of the world: tell the daughter Zion, Beholde, thy Sauiour commeth: beholde, his wages is with him, and his worke is before him.
  • Luke 3:2-6 : 2 ( When Annas and Caiaphas were the hie Priestes) the worde of God came vnto Iohn, the sonne of Zacharias in the wildernes. 3 And hee came into all the coastes about Iordan, preaching the baptisme of repentance for the remission of sinnes, 4 As it is written in the booke of the sayings of Esaias the Prophet, which saith, The voyce of him that crieth in the wildernes is, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his paths straight. 5 Euery valley shalbe filled, and euery mountaine and hill shall be brought lowe, and crooked things shalbe made straight, and the rough wayes shalbe made smoothe. 6 And all flesh shall see the saluation of God.
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 And there shalbe a path and a way, and the way shalbe called holy: the polluted shall not passe by it: for he shalbe with them, and walke in the way, and the fooles shall not erre.
  • Ps 68:4 : 4 Sing vnto God, and sing prayses vnto his name: exalt him that rideth vpon the heauens, in his Name Iah, and reioyce before him.
  • Isa 11:15-16 : 15 The Lorde also shall vtterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptians sea, and with his mightie winde shall lift vp his hand ouer the riuer, and shall smite him in his seuen streames, and cause men to walke therein with shooes. 16 And there shalbe a path to the remnant of his people, which are left of Asshur, like as it was vnto Israel in the day that he came vp out of the land of Egypt.
  • Isa 49:11 : 11 And I will make all my mountaines, as a way, and my paths shalbe exalted.

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  • Luke 3:3-6
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    3 And hee came into all the coastes about Iordan, preaching the baptisme of repentance for the remission of sinnes,

    4 As it is written in the booke of the sayings of Esaias the Prophet, which saith, The voyce of him that crieth in the wildernes is, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.

    5 Euery valley shalbe filled, and euery mountaine and hill shall be brought lowe, and crooked things shalbe made straight, and the rough wayes shalbe made smoothe.

    6 And all flesh shall see the saluation of God.

  • Mark 1:2-4
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    2 As it is written in the Prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

    3 The voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse is, Prepare the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.

    4 Iohn did baptize in the wildernesse, and preach the baptisme of amendement of life, for remission of sinnes.

  • Matt 3:1-3
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    1 And in those dayes, Iohn the Baptist came and preached in the wildernes of Iudea,

    2 And said, Repent: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand.

    3 For this is he of whome it is spoken by the Prophet Esaias, saying, The voyce of him that crieth in the wildernes, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his pathes straight.

  • Isa 40:4-6
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    4 Euery valley shall be exalted, and euery mountaine and hill shall be made lowe: and the crooked shalbe streight, & the rough places plaine.

    5 And the glory of the Lord shalbe reueiled, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

    6 A voyce saide, Crie; he saide, What shall I crie? All flesh is grasse, and all the grace thereof is as the floure of the fielde.

  • 23 He said, I am the voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.

  • 14 And he shall say, Cast vp, cast vp: prepare the way: take vp the stumbling blocks out of the way of my people.

  • 10 Go through, go through the gates: prepare you the way for the people: cast vp, cast vp the way, and gather out the stones and set vp a standart for the people.

  • Isa 40:1-2
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    1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, will your God say.

    2 Speake comfortably to Ierusalem, and crye vnto her, that her warrefare is accomplished, that her iniquitie is pardoned: for she hath receiued of the Lords hand double for all her sinnes.

  • 11 And I will make all my mountaines, as a way, and my paths shalbe exalted.

  • 9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee vp into the hie mountaine: O Ierusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift vp thy voyce with strength: lift it vp, be not afraide: say vnto the cities of Iudah, Beholde your God.

  • 10 For this is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

  • 8 And there shalbe a path and a way, and the way shalbe called holy: the polluted shall not passe by it: for he shalbe with them, and walke in the way, and the fooles shall not erre.

  • 27 This is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

  • 76 And thou, babe, shalt be called the Prophet of the most High: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord, to prepare his waies,

  • 19 Behold, I do a new thing: now shal it come foorth: shall you not knowe it? I wil euen make a way in the desert, and floods in the wildernesse.

  • 16 Thus sayeth the Lord which maketh a way in the Sea, and a path in the mighty waters.

  • 17 For he shall goe before him in the spirite and power of Elias, to turne the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

  • 1 The desert and the wildernes shall reioyce: and the waste ground shalbe glad and florish as the rose.

  • 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lorde whom ye seeke, shall speedely come to his Temple: euen the messenger of the couenant whom ye desire: beholde, he shall come, sayth the Lord of hostes.

  • 2 I will goe before thee and make the crooked streight: I will breake the brasen doores, and burst the yron barres.

  • 3 Surely the Lord shall comfort Zion: he shal comfort all her desolations, and he shall make her desert like Eden, and her wildernes like the garden of the Lord: ioy and gladnesse shalbe founde therein: praise, and the voyce of singing.

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    5 Then shall the eyes of the blinde be lightened, and the eares of the deafe be opened.

    6 Then shal ye lame man leape as an hart, and the dumme mans tongue shal sing: for in the wildernes shal waters breake out, & riuers in ye desert.

  • Mic 1:3-4
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    3 For beholde, the Lorde commeth out of his place, and will come downe, and tread vpon the hie places of the earth.

    4 And the mountaines shall melt vnder him (so shall the valleys cleaue) as waxe before the fire, and as the waters that are powred downewarde.

  • 15 Beholde vpon the mountaines the feete of him that declareth, and publisheth peace: O Iudah, keepe thy solemne feastes, perfourme thy vowes: for the wicked shall no more passe thorowe thee: he is vtterly cut off.

  • Isa 42:15-16
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    15 I will make waste mountaines, and hilles, and drie vp all their herbes, and I will make the floods ylands, and I will drie vp the pooles.

    16 And I will bring the blinde by a way, that they knewe not, and lead them by paths that they haue not knowen: I will make darkenesse light before them, and crooked thinges straight. These thinges will I doe vnto them, and not forsake them.

  • 13 Righteousnesse shall go before him, and shall set her steps in the way.

  • 11 Depart out of the way: go aside out of the path: cause the holy one of Israel to cease fro vs.

  • Isa 61:1-2
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    1 The Spirit of the Lorde God is vpon mee, therefore hath the Lorde anoynted mee: hee hath sent mee to preache good tidings vnto the poore, to binde vp the broken hearted, to preach libertie to the captiues, and to them that are bound, the opening of the prison,

    2 To preache the acceptable yeere of the Lorde, and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all that mourne,

  • 3 Strengthen the weake handes, and comfort the feeble knees.

  • 16 And there shalbe a path to the remnant of his people, which are left of Asshur, like as it was vnto Israel in the day that he came vp out of the land of Egypt.

  • 14 O multitude, O multitude, come into the valley of threshing: for the day of the Lorde is neere in the valley of threshing.

  • 5 Then went out to him Ierusalem and all Iudea, and all the region rounde about Iordan.

  • 13 And make straight steppes vnto your feete, lest that which is halting, be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed.

  • 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake bee plowed as a field, & Ierusalem shalbe an heape, and the mountaine of the house, as the hye places of the forest.

  • 1 The burden of the desert Sea. As the whirlewindes in the South vse to passe from the wildernesse, so shall it come from the horrible land.

  • 16 And he saide, Thus saith the Lorde, Make this valley full of ditches.