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Isaiah 49:11

I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

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ASV

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

KJV

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

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6 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יve.sam.Tiand I will makeH7760 →
כָל־khol-allH3605 →
הָרַ֖יha.Raimountains myH2022 →
לַדָּ֑רֶךְla.Da.rekhinto <the> roadH1870 →
וּמְסִלֹּתַ֖יu.me.si.lo.Taiand highways myH4546 →
יְרֻמֽוּן׃ye.ru.Munthey will be lifted up !H7311 →

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Isaiah 40:3A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.Luke 3:5Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.Isaiah 11:16There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.Luke 3:4–5as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.Isaiah 62:10Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!Isaiah 35:8–10And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.Isaiah 40:3–4A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.Isaiah 43:19Behold, 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 and streams in the desert.Psalms 107:7He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.Isaiah 57:14And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”Isaiah 42:15I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.Psalms 107:4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

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About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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