Isaiah 40:3

God's Word

A voice cries out in the desert: “Clear a way for the Lord. Make a straight highway in the wilderness for our God.

Cross References

Psalm 68:4

Sing to God; make music to praise his name. Make a highway for him to ride through the deserts. The Lord is his name. Celebrate in his presence.

Isaiah 35:8

A highway will be there, a roadway. It will be called the Holy Road. Sinners won’t travel on it. It will be for those who walk on it. Godless fools won’t wander ⌞onto it⌟.

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley will be raised. Every mountain and hill will be lowered. Steep places will be made level. Rough places will be made smooth.

Isaiah 43:19

I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Don’t you recognize it? I will clear a way in the desert. I will make rivers on dry land.

Isaiah 49:11

I will turn all my mountains into roads, and my highways will be restored.

Isaiah 57:14

It will be said: “Build a road! Build a road! Prepare the way! Remove every obstacle in the way of my people!”

Malachi 3:1

“I’m going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way ahead of me. Then the Lord you are looking for will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the promise  will come. He is the one you want,” says the Lord of Armies.

John 1:23

John said, “I’m a voice crying out in the desert, ‘Make the way for the Lord straight,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”