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 cry out, its towns and the villages where Kedar lives; and let those who live in Sela sing for joy. Let them shout aloud from the mountaintops.

He raises the poor up from the dust, he lifts up the needy from the trash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. Indeed the pillars of the earth belong to the LORD, and he has set the world on them.

He lifts the poor person from the dust, raising the needy from the trash pile

Then all the trees of the fields will know that I, the LORD, bring down the lofty tree and exalt the lowly tree. I dry up the green tree and cause the dry tree to bud. I the LORD have spoken this, and I will fulfill it."

This is what the Lord GOD says: "Remove your turban! Take off your crown! Things aren't going to remain as they used to be. What is lowly will be exalted, and what is lofty will be brought low.

He pulled powerful rulers from their thrones and lifted up humble people.

Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be leveled. The crooked ways will be made straight, and the rough roads will be made smooth.

I tell you, this man, rather than the other one, went down to his home justified, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."

Every mountain

"For the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has reserved a time to oppose all who are proud and haughty, and the self-exalting they will be humbled.

dispensed the fury of your anger, made sure that you have humbled every proud person,

And the

I'll help the blind walk, even on a road they do not know; I'll guide them in directions they do not know. I'll turn the dark places into light in front of them, and the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I won't abandon them.

"I myself will go before you, and he will make the mountains level; I'll shatter bronze doors and cut through iron bars.

whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways,

General references

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

At that time, there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will come into Egypt, and the Egyptians into Assyria, and they will worship with the Assyrians.

I'll turn all my mountains into a road, and my highways will be raised up.

He is a voice calling out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

He will bring many of Israel's descendants back to the Lord their God.