Luke 3:5

Good News Translation

Every valley must be filled up, every hill and mountain leveled off. The winding roads must be made straight, and the rough paths made smooth.

Cross References

Isaiah 40:4

Fill every valley; level every mountain. The hills will become a plain, and the rough country will be made smooth.

Isaiah 42:16

“I will lead my blind people by roads they have never traveled. I will turn their darkness into light and make rough country smooth before them. These are my promises, and I will keep them without fail.

Isaiah 45:2

“I myself will prepare your way, leveling mountains and hills. I will break down bronze gates and smash their iron bars.

Isaiah 49:11

“I will make a highway across the mountains and prepare a road for my people to travel.

Ezekiel 17:24

All the trees in the land will know that I am the Lord. I cut down the tall trees and make small trees grow tall. I wither up the green trees and make the dry trees become green. I, the Lord, have spoken. I will do what I have said I would do.”

James 1:9

Those Christians who are poor must be glad when God lifts them up,