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, and preached in the wilderness of Jewry,

As it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee;"

When Annas and Caiaphas were the high priests: The word of God came unto John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

He said, "I am the voice of a crier in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah."

Prepare

There shall be foot paths and common streets: this shall be called the holy way. No unclean person shall go through it, for the LORD himself shall go with them that way, and the ignorant shall not err.

And therefore thus he sayeth, "Make ready, make ready, and clean the street, take up what ye can out of the way that leadeth to my people."

Go from gate to gate, and prepare the way for the people: cast up gravel, and make the way high and cleanse it of stones, and set up a banner for the people.

Behold, I send my messenger which shall prepare the way before me. And suddenly shall the Lord whom ye seek, come unto his temple, and the messenger of the covenant whom ye desire. Behold, he cometh saith the LORD Sabaoth.

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet: before the coming of the day of the great and fearful LORD.

and many of the children of Israel shall he turn to their Lord God.

General references

Then shall there be a common way out of Egypt into Assyria. The Assyrians shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptians into Assyria. The Egyptians also and the Assyrians shall both have one God's service.

I will make ways upon all my mountains, and my foot paths shall be exalted.

For this is he, of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee.'

"The voice of a crier in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."

and many of the children of Israel shall he turn to their Lord God.