Isaiah 40:3 - Printer Friendly

ESV: A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

NIV: A voice of one calling: 'In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

NASB: The voice of one calling out, 'Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

CSB: A voice of one crying out: Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

NLT: Listen! It’s the voice of someone shouting, 'Clear the way through the wilderness for the Lord! Make a straight highway through the wasteland for our God!

KJV: 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.

NKJV: The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.

Isaiah is among the most important prophetic books in the entire Bible. The first segment details God's impending judgment against ancient peoples for sin and idolatry (Isaiah 1—35). The second part of Isaiah briefly explains a failed assault on Jerusalem during the rule of Hezekiah (Isaiah 36—39). The final chapters predict Israel's rescue from Babylonian captivity (Isaiah 40—48), the promised Messiah (Isaiah 49—57), and the final glory of Jerusalem and God's people (Isaiah 58—66).

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