Isaiah 40:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

Valley

Every mountain

Isaiah 2:12

Job 40:11

And the

Isaiah 42:16

Isaiah 45:2

Proverbs 2:15

General references

Luke 1:16

Bible References

Valley

Let the desert and its cities shout,
the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy;
let them cry out from the mountaintops.

He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile.
He seats them with noblemen
and gives them a throne of honor.
For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;
He has set the world on them.

He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile

Then all the trees of the field will know
that I am Yahweh.
I bring down the tall tree,
and make the low tree tall.
I cause the green tree to wither
and make the withered tree thrive.
I, Yahweh, have spoken
and I will do it.

This is what the Lord God says:

Remove the turban, and take off the crown.
Things will not remain as they are;
exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.

He has toppled the mighty from their thrones
and exalted the lowly.

Every valley will be filled,
and every mountain and hill will be made low;

the crooked will become straight,
the rough ways smooth,

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

Every mountain

For a day belonging to the Lord of Hosts is coming
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—it will be humbled—

Unleash your raging anger;
look on every proud person and humiliate him.

And the

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know;
I will guide them on paths they have not known.
I will turn darkness to light in front of them
and rough places into level ground.
This is what I will do for them,
and I will not forsake them.

“I will go before you
and level the uneven places;

I will shatter the bronze doors
and cut the iron bars in two.

whose paths are crooked,
and whose ways are devious.

General references

against all the high mountains,
against all the lofty hills,

On that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. Assyria will go to Egypt, Egypt to Assyria, and Egypt will worship with Assyria.

I will make all My mountains into a road,
and My highways will be raised up.

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:

Prepare the way for the Lord;

make His paths straight!

He will turn many of the sons of Israel
to the Lord their God.