Isaiah 40:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway 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 your face, who shall prepare your way before you. 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 John baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the land of Judea and those from Jerusalem went out to him, and were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
  • John 1:23 : 23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 He will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, 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 Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Matt 3:1-3 : 1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near. 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  • Mal 4:5-6 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 And shall say, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
  • Luke 1:76-77 : 76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, 77 To give knowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of their sins,
  • Isa 43:19 : 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
  • Isa 62:10-11 : 10 Pass through, pass through the gates; prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; remove the stones; lift up a banner for the people. 11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the world, Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
  • Luke 3:2-6 : 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the country around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 And a highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
  • Ps 68:4 : 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him who rides upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
  • Isa 11:15-16 : 15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the River, and shall strike it in the seven streams, and make men cross over dry-shod. 16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, who are left, from Assyria, as it was for Israel in the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.
  • Isa 49:11 : 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.

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    3And he came into all the country around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;

    4As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

    5Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;

    6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

  • Mark 1:2-4
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    2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

    3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

    4John baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

  • Matt 3:1-3
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    1In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

    2And saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

    3For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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    4Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill made low; the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places smooth;

    5And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all humanity shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

    6The voice said, Cry out. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field:

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

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    14And shall say, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

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    10Pass through, pass through the gates; prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; remove the stones; lift up a banner for the people.

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    1Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.

    2Speak kindly to Jerusalem and cry out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, for she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins.

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    11And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.

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    9O Zion, you who bring good news, go up onto the high mountain; O Jerusalem, you who bring good news, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

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    10For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

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    8And a highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

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    27This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

  • Luke 1:76
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    76And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

  • Isa 43:19
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    19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

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    16Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters;

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    17He will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

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    3For behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.

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