Isaiah had spoken of John when he said, "He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the LORD's coming! Clear the road for him! The valleys will be filled, and the mountains and hills made level. The curves will be straightened, and the rough places made smooth. And then all people will see the salvation sent from God.' "
Isaiah had spoken of John when he said, "He is a voice shouting in the wilderness,"
John 1:23 John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah: "I am a voice shouting in the wilderness, 'Clear the way for the LORD's coming!' "
Isaiah 40:3a Listen! It's the voice of someone shouting, "Clear the way through the wilderness for the LORD!"" 'Prepare the way for the LORD's coming! Clear the road for him!' "
Luke 1:76 "And you my little son, will be called the prophet of the Most High, because you will prepare the way for the Lord."
Isaiah 40:3b "Make a straight highway through the wasteland for our God!"
" 'The valleys will be filled,' "
Isaiah 40:4a "Fill in the valleys, and level the mountains and hills."
Isaiah 57:14 God says, "Rebuild the road! Clear away the rocks and stones so my people can return from captivity."
" 'and the mountains and hills made level.' "
Isaiah 49:11 "And I will make my mountains into level paths for them. The highways will be raised above the valleys."
Zechariah 4:6-7 Then he said to me, "This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. Nothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel's way; it will become a level plain before him! And when Zerubbabel sets the final stone of the Temple in place, the people will shout: 'May God bless it! May God bless it!' "
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