Isaiah 40:3-5

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3} A voice of one crying out:

Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness;^(A)
make a straight highway for our God in the desert.^(B)

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Every valley will be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill will be leveled;
the uneven ground will become smooth
and the rough places, a plain.^(C)

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And the glory of the Lord will appear,^(D)
and all humanity^(a) together will see it,^(E)
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(F)

a. Isaiah 40:5: Lit flesh

A. Isaiah 40:3: Malachi 3:1; Malachi 4:5-6

B. Isaiah 40:3: Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4; John 1:23

C. Isaiah 40:4: Luke 3:5-6

D. Isaiah 40:5: Isaiah 35:2

E. Isaiah 40:5: Isaiah 52:10; Joel 2:28

F. Isaiah 40:5: Isaiah 1:20; Isaiah 34:16; Isaiah 58:14