Isaiah 40:4

New International Reader's Version

Every valley will be filled in. Every mountain and hill will be made level. The rough ground will be smoothed out. The rocky places will be made flat.

Cross References

Proverbs 2:15

Their paths are crooked. Their ways are not straight.

Isaiah 40:3

A messenger is calling out, “In the desert prepare the way for the Lord. Make a straight road through it for our God.

Isaiah 40:5

Then the glory of the Lord will appear. And everyone will see it together. The Lord has spoken.”

Isaiah 42:11

Let the desert and its towns raise their voices. Let those who live in the settlements of Kedar be glad. Let the people of Sela sing for joy. Let them shout from the tops of the mountains.

Isaiah 45:2

‘I will march out ahead of you. I will make the mountains level. I will break down bronze gates. I will cut through their heavy iron bars.

Isaiah 49:11

I will make roads across the mountains. I will build wide roads for my people.

Isaiah 62:10

Go out through your gates, people of Jerusalem! Go out! Prepare the way for the rest of your people to return. Build up the road! Build it up! Remove the stones. Raise a banner over the city for the nations to see.

Ezekiel 17:24

All the trees in the forest will know that I bring down tall trees. I make short trees grow tall. I dry up green trees. And I make dry trees green.” “ ‘I have spoken. I will do this. I am the Lord.’ ”

Ezekiel 21:26

The Lord and King says, “Take off your turban. Remove your crown. Things will not be as they were in the past. Those who are considered not important will be honored. And those who are honored will be considered not important.

Zechariah 4:7

“So nothing can stop Zerubbabel from completing the temple. Even a mountain of problems will be smoothed out by him. When the temple is finished, he will put its most important stone in place. Then the people will shout, ‘God bless it! God bless it!’ ”

Luke 18:14

“I tell you, the tax collector went home accepted by God. But not the Pharisee. All those who lift themselves up will be made humble. And those who make themselves humble will be lifted up.”

Luke 3:5

Every valley will be filled in. Every mountain and hill will be made level. The crooked roads will become straight. The rough ways will become smooth.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises poor people up from the trash pile. He lifts needy people out of the ashes. He lets them sit with princes. He gives them places of honor. “The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord. On them he has set the world.