Luke 3:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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,

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
  • Isa 45:2 : 2 “I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.
  • Isa 49:11 : 11 I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways.”
  • Isa 40:4 : 4 Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.
  • Isa 2:11-17 : 11 Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. 12 Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud– they will be humiliated; 13 for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are so high and mighty, for all the oaks of Bashan; 14 for all the tall mountains, for all the high hills, 15 for every high tower, for every fortified wall, 16 for all the large ships, for all the impressive ships. 17 Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
  • Isa 35:6-8 : 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will burst forth in the wilderness, streams in the arid rift valley. 7 The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow. 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.
  • Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners, 2 to announce the year when the LORD will show his favor, the day when our God will seek vengeance, to console all who mourn, 3 to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the LORD to reveal his splendor.
  • Ezek 17:24 : 24 All the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree. I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it!’”
  • Luke 1:51-53 : 51 He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts. 52 He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position; 53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.
  • Heb 12:12-13 : 12 Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.
  • Jas 1:9 : 9 Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

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    3A voice cries out,“In the wilderness clear a way for the LORD; build a level road through the rift valley for our God.

    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.”

  • Luke 3:3-4
    2 verses
    88%

    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.

  • Mark 1:2-3
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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.’”

  • Matt 3:1-3
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    79%

    1The 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.”

    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.’”

  • Luke 3:6
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    6and all humanity will see the salvation of God.’”

  • Isa 57:14
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    14He says,“Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”

  • Isa 49:11
    74%

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

  • John 1:23
    74%

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

  • Isa 62:10
    73%

    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!

  • Mic 1:4
    71%

    4The mountains will crumble beneath him; and the valleys will split apart, like wax before a fire, like water dumped down a steep slope.

  • Heb 12:13
    70%

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

  • Ps 72:3
    69%

    3The mountains will bring news of peace to the people, and the hills will announce justice.

  • Matt 11:10
    69%

    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.’

  • Luke 1:17
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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.”

  • Matt 11:5
    69%

    5The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them

  • Matt 4:14
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    14so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled:

  • Zech 4:7
    69%

    7Oracle of Response“What are you, you great mountain? Because of Zerubbabel you will become a level plain! And he will bring forth the temple capstone with shoutings of‘Grace! Grace!’ because of this.”

  • Isa 35:8
    69%

    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 1:76
    69%

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

  • Isa 2:14
    69%

    14for all the tall mountains, for all the high hills,

  • Isa 35:5
    68%

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

  • Isa 30:25
    68%

    25On every high mountain and every high hill there will be streams flowing with water, at the time of great slaughter when the fortified towers collapse.

  • Mic 3:12
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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!

  • Isa 35:3
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    3Strengthen the hands that have gone limp, steady the knees that shake!

  • Zech 14:4
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    4On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives which lies to the east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, leaving a great valley. Half the mountain will move northward and the other half southward.

  • Isa 5:15
    68%

    15Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

  • Isa 25:12
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    12The fortified city(along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

  • Isa 45:2
    68%

    2“I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

  • Isa 25:7
    68%

    7On this mountain he will swallow up the shroud that is over all the peoples, the woven covering that is over all the nations;

  • Joel 3:18
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    18On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the LORD, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.

  • Isa 2:2
    68%

    2In the future the mountain of the LORD’s temple will endure as the most important of mountains, and will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations will stream to 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.’

  • Isa 7:25
    68%

    25They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated, for fear of the thorns and briers. Cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them.

  • Rev 6:14
    67%

    14The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

  • Isa 55:12
    67%

    12Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.

  • Luke 1:79
    67%

    79to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

  • Isa 42:15-16
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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.

    16I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.

  • 2 Kgs 3:16
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    16and he said,“This is what the LORD has said,‘Make many cisterns in this valley,’

  • Luke 3:9
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    9Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

  • Matt 12:17
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    17This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

  • Matt 3:10
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    10Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Luke 4:18
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    18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,