A road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for the one who walks the path. Fools will not wander on it.
Isaiah 40:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised A voice of one crying out: Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight road for our God in the desert. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A voice of one who cries: Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord [clear away the obstacles]; make straight and smooth in the desert a highway for our God! [Mark 1:3.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible A voice is crying out: “Clear the LORD’s way in the desert! Make a level highway in the wilderness for our God! Catholic Public Domain Version The voice of one crying out in the desert: "Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God. |
A road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for the one who walks the path. Fools will not wander on it.
Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be levelled; the uneven ground will become smooth and the rough places, a plain.
Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.
I will make all my mountains into a pathway, and my roads will be raised up.
He said, ‘Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, remove every obstacle from my people’s way.’
‘See, I am going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way before me. Then the Lord you seek will suddenly come to his temple, the Messenger of the covenant you delight in #– #see, he is coming,’ says the Lord of Armies.
He said, ‘I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord , #– #just as Isaiah the prophet said.’