Isaiah 40:3 KJV — MannaFest

Isaiah 40:3

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.

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ASV

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.

WEB

A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

YLT

A voice is crying--in a wilderness--Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God.

DBT

The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for ourGod!

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Malachi 3:1
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Mark 1:2–5
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
John 1:23
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
Matthew 3:1–3
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
Luke 1:16–17
And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

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Mal 4:5, 6 cannot have received its exhaustive fulfilment in John; the Jews always understood it of the literal Elijah. As there is another consummating advent of Messiah Himself, so perhaps there is to be of his forerunner Elias, who also was present at the transfiguration. the Lord--Hebrew, Jehovah; as this is applied to Jesus, He must be Jehovah (Mt 3:3).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

(2.) We must get our hearts levelled by divine grace. Those that are hindered from comfort in Christ by their dejections and despondencies are the valleys that must be exalted. Those that are hindered from comfort in Christ by a proud conceit of their own merit and worth are the mountains and hills that must be made low.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Quoted in MAT 3:3
'voice of one crying in the wilderness' applied to John the Baptist
Quoted in MRK 1:3
'The voice of one crying in the wilderness'
Quoted in LUK 3:4
'The voice of one crying in the wilderness' (extended through Isa 40:5, 'all flesh shall see')
Quoted in JHN 1:23
John the Baptist self-identifies: 'I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness'
Quoted in MRK 1:2
kathos gegraptai heading Mark's whole Gospel (composite frame, w/ Mal 3:1) — the formula placed at a book's very threshold
Quoted in MAT 3:3
houtos gar estin ho rhetheis dia Esaiou tou prophetou ('this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah') — the rhethen frame WITHOUT pleroo: identification, not fulfillment

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