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

In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

as it is written in the Prophets, "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You.

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests-- the Word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

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

Prepare

And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called, The Way of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it. But He shall be with them; the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err in it.

And He shall say, Raise up! Raise up! Clear the way! Make the stumbling-block rise out of the way of My people.

Pass! Pass through the gates; prepare the way of the people. Raise up! Raise up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a banner for the peoples.

Behold, I will send My messenger, and He will clear the way before Me. And Jehovah, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Angel of the Covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He comes, says Jehovah of Hosts.

Behold, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Jehovah.

And he shall turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

General references

In that day there shall be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria shall come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, and Egypt shall serve with Assyria.

And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways shall be set on high.

For this is the one of whom it is written, "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You."

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight."

And he shall turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.