Isaiah 40:3

Modern English Version

The voice of him who cries out, “Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Cross References

Psalm 68:4

Sing to God, sing praises to His name; extol Him who rides upon the clouds; His name is the Lord; rejoice before Him.

Isaiah 35:8

A highway shall be there, a roadway, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass on it, but it shall be for the wayfaring men, and fools shall not wander on it.

Isaiah 40:4

Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough ground become a plain, and the rough places a plain;

Isaiah 43:19

Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not be aware of it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 49:11

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

Isaiah 57:14

And it shall be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, take up every stumbling block out of the way of My people.”

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight. He is coming, says the Lord of Hosts.

John 1:23

John said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ just as the prophet Isaiah said.”