A [a]voice crieth in the [b]wilderness, [c]Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make straight in the desert a path for our God.

Every valley shall be exalted, and every [d]mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be straight, and the rough places plain.

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all [e]flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:3 To wit, of the Prophets.
  2. Isaiah 40:3 That is, in Babylon and other places, where they were kept in captivity, and misery.
  3. Isaiah 40:3 Meaning Cyrus and Darius which should deliver God’s people out of captivity, and make them a ready way to Jerusalem: and this was fully accomplished, when John the Baptist brought tidings of Jesus Christ’s coming, who was the true deliverer of his Church from sin and Satan, Matt. 3:3.
  4. Isaiah 40:4 Whatsoever may let or hinder this deliverance, shall be removed.
  5. Isaiah 40:5 This miracle shall be so great, that it shall be known through all the world.

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