Isaiah 40:4
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4 (A)Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
Luke 3:5
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5 (A)Every valley shall be filled,
(B)and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
(C)and the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,
Ezekiel 21:26
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26 thus says the Lord God: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things shall not remain as they are. (A)Exalt that which is low, and bring low that which is exalted.
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Luke 18:14
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14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For (A)everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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Isaiah 45:2
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2 “I will go before you
and (A)level the exalted places,[a]
(B)I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:2 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains
Isaiah 42:15-16
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15 (A)I will lay waste mountains and hills,
and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn the rivers into islands,[a]
and dry up the pools.
16 (B)And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
(C)the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:15 Or into coastlands
Ezekiel 17:24
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24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; (A)I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up (B)the green tree, and make (C)the dry tree flourish. (D)I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”
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Isaiah 2:12-15
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12 (A)For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
13 against all the (B)cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the (C)oaks of Bashan;
14 against all (D)the lofty mountains,
and against all the uplifted hills;
15 against every high tower,
and against every fortified wall;
Psalm 113:7-8
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7 He (A)raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 to make them (B)sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
Job 40:11-13
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11 Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on everyone who is (A)proud and abase him.
12 Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
and (B)tread down the wicked (C)where they stand.
13 (D)Hide them all in (E)the dust together;
bind their faces in the world below.[a]
Footnotes
- Job 40:13 Hebrew in the hidden place
Luke 1:52-53
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52 (A)he has brought down the mighty from their thrones
(B)and exalted those of humble estate;
53 he has filled (C)the hungry with good things,
and the rich (D)he has sent away empty.
Isaiah 42:11
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11 Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,
the villages that (A)Kedar inhabits;
let the habitants of (B)Sela sing for joy,
let them shout from the top of the mountains.
1 Samuel 2:8
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8 (A)He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
(B)to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
(C)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,
and on them he has set the world.
Proverbs 2:15
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