(A)A voice cries:[a]
(B)“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
    (C)make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
(D)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.
(E)And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
    and all flesh shall see it together,
    (F)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

The Word of God Stands Forever

A voice says, “Cry!”
    And I said,[b] “What shall I cry?”
(G)All flesh is grass,
    and all its beauty[c] is like the flower of the field.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one crying
  2. Isaiah 40:6 Revocalization based on Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Vulgate; Masoretic Text And someone says
  3. Isaiah 40:6 Or all its constancy

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