Isaiah 40:4

Comfort For God's People

³ A voice is calling,
“Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.
⁴ “Let every valley be lifted up,
And every mountain and hill be made low;
And let the rough ground become a plain,
And the rugged terrain a broad valley;
⁵ Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
And all flesh will see it together;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Be Exalted

Lifted Up

Isaiah 45:2

“I will go before you and make the rough places smooth;
I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.

Ezekiel 21:26

thus says the Lord God, ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will no longer be the same. Exalt that which is low and abase that which is high.

Luke 3:5

‘Every ravine will be filled,
And every mountain and hill will be brought low;
The crooked will become straight,
And the rough roads smooth;

1 Samuel 2:8

“He raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the ash heap
To make them sit with nobles,
And inherit a seat of honor;
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He set the world on them.

Job 40:11-13

“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

Psalm 113:7-8

He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

Isaiah 2:12-15

For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning
Against everyone who is proud and lofty
And against everyone who is lifted up,
That he may be abased.

Isaiah 42:11

Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,
The settlements where Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing aloud,
Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains.

Isaiah 42:15-16

“I will lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will make the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.

Ezekiel 17:24

All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord; I bring down the high tree, exalt the low tree, dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will perform it.”

Luke 1:52-53

“He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And has exalted those who were humble.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Proverbs 2:15

Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;