Isaiah 40:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A voice cries out,“In the wilderness clear a way for the LORD; build a level road through the rift valley for our God.

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  • Mark 1:2-5 : 2 As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,“Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way, 3 the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’” 4 In the wilderness John the baptizer began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
  • John 1:23 : 23 John said,“I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”
  • Mal 3:1 : 1 “I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Matt 3:1-3 : 1 The Ministry of John the Baptist In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” 3 For he is the one about whom the prophet Isaiah had spoken:“The voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”
  • Mal 4:5-6 : 5 Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD arrives. 6 He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment.”
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 He says,“Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”
  • Luke 1:76-77 : 76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, 77 to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.
  • Isa 43:19 : 19 “Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the wilderness and paths in the wastelands.
  • Isa 62:10-11 : 10 Come through! Come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it! Build the roadway! Remove the stones! Lift a signal flag for the nations! 11 Look, the LORD announces to the entire earth:“Say to Daughter Zion,‘Look, your deliverer comes! Look, his reward is with him and his reward goes before him!’”
  • Luke 3:2-6 : 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. 3 He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 4 As it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,“The voice of one shouting in the wilderness:‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight. 5 Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low, and the crooked will be made straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth, 6 and all humanity will see the salvation of God.’”
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 A thoroughfare will be there– it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it– fools will not stray into it.
  • Ps 68:4 : 4 Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds! For the LORD is his name! Rejoice before him!
  • Isa 11:15-16 : 15 The LORD will divide the gulf of the Egyptian Sea; he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River and send a strong wind, he will turn it into seven dried-up streams, and enable them to walk across in their sandals. 16 There will be a highway leading out of Assyria for the remnant of his people, just as there was for Israel, when they went up from the land of Egypt.
  • Isa 49:11 : 11 I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways.”

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    3He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

    4As it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,“The voice of one shouting in the wilderness:‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.

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

    6and all humanity will see the salvation of God.’”

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    2As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,“Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,

    3the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

    4In the wilderness John the baptizer began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

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    2“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

    3For he is the one about whom the prophet Isaiah had spoken:“The voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

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    4Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.

    5The splendor of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it at the same time. For the LORD has decreed it.”

    6A voice says,“Cry out!” Another asks,“What should I cry out?” The first voice responds:“All people are like grass, and all their promises are like the flowers in the field.

  • John 1:23
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    23John said,“I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”

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    14He says,“Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”

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    10Come through! Come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it! Build the roadway! Remove the stones! Lift a signal flag for the nations!

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    11I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways.”

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    9Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don’t be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah,“Here is your God!”

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    10This is the one about whom it is written:‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’

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    8A thoroughfare will be there– it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it– fools will not stray into it.

  • Luke 7:27
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    27This is the one about whom it is written,‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’

  • Luke 1:76
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    76And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

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    19“Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the wilderness and paths in the wastelands.

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    16This is what the LORD says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,

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    17And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”

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    5Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

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    3Look, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!

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    15I will make the trees on the mountains and hills wither up; I will dry up all their vegetation. I will turn streams into islands, and dry up pools of water.

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    13Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him.

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    11Turn aside from the way; stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.”

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    3Strengthen the hands that have gone limp, steady the knees that shake!

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    16There will be a highway leading out of Assyria for the remnant of his people, just as there was for Israel, when they went up from the land of Egypt.

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    14Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision!

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    5Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,

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    13and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

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    12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!

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