Isaiah 40:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

The voice

Prepare

General references

Luke 1:16

Bible References

The voice

And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

Prepare

And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.

And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.

Go through, go through the doors; make ready the way of the people; let the highway be lifted up; let the stones be taken away; let a flag be lifted up over the peoples.

See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.

See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.

And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

General references

In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt will come into Assyria; and the Egyptians will give worship to the Lord together with the Assyrians.

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;

And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.