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This is the voice of one who calls out:
“Prepare in the desert
    the way for the Lord.
Make a straight road in the dry lands
    for our God.
Every valley should be raised up,
    and every mountain and hill should be made flat.
The rough ground should be made level,
    and the rugged ground should be made smooth.
Then the glory of the Lord will be shown,
    and all people together will see it.
The Lord himself said these things.”

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A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
    the way(A) for the Lord[a];
make straight(B) in the desert
    a highway for our God.[b](C)
Every valley shall be raised up,(D)
    every mountain and hill(E) made low;
the rough ground shall become level,(F)
    the rugged places a plain.
And the glory(G) of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all people will see it together.(H)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
  2. Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God