Isaiah 40:3
A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
Note Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: “Prepare the way for the Lord
Note LXX make straight the paths of our God; cited in Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:3, Luke 3:4, and John 1:23
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 of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- The voice
- Matthew 3:1–3; Mark 1:2–5; Luke 3:2–6; John 1:23
- Prepare
- Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 57:14; Isaiah 62:10, 11; Malachi 3:1; Malachi 4:5, 6; Luke 1:16, 17, 76, 77
- make
- Isaiah 11:15, 16; Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 49:11; Psalm 68:4