Isaiah 40:4
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4 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.(A)
Luke 3:5
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5 Every valley shall be filled,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
and the crooked shall be made straight,
and the rough ways made smooth,
Ezekiel 21:26
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26 thus says the Lord God:
Remove the turban, take off the crown;
things shall not remain as they are.
Exalt that which is low;
humble that which is high.(A)
Luke 18:14
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14 I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other, for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”(A)
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Isaiah 45:2
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2 I will go before you
and level the mountains;[a]
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron;(A)
Footnotes
- 45.2 Q ms Gk: MT the swellings
Isaiah 42:15-16
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15 I will lay waste mountains and hills
and dry up all their herbage;
I will turn the rivers into islands
and dry up the pools.(A)
16 I will lead the blind
by a road they do not know;
by paths they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I will do,
and I will not forsake them.(B)
Ezekiel 17:24
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24 All the trees of the field shall know
that I am the Lord.
I bring low the high tree;
I make high the low tree;
I dry up the green tree
and make the dry tree flourish.
I the Lord have spoken;
I will accomplish it.(A)
Psalm 113:7-8
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7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
Isaiah 2:12-15
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12 For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up and high;[a](A)
13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the oaks of Bashan;(B)
14 against all the high mountains
and against all the lofty hills;(C)
15 against every high tower
and against every fortified wall;
Footnotes
- 2.12 Cn Compare Gk: Heb low
Job 40:11-13
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11 Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on all who are proud and humble them.(A)
12 Look on all who are proud and bring them low;
tread down the wicked where they stand.(B)
13 Hide them all in the dust together;
bind their faces in the world below.[a]
Footnotes
- 40.13 Heb the hidden place
Luke 1:52-53
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52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones
and lifted up the lowly;(A)
53 he has filled the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.(B)
1 Samuel 2:8
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8 He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.(A)
Isaiah 42:11
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11 Let the desert and its towns lift up their voice,
the villages that Kedar inhabits;
let the inhabitants of Sela shout for joy;
let them shout from the tops of the mountains.
Proverbs 2:15
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15 those whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways.(A)
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