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Isaiah 40:2-4
Modern English Version
Isaiah 40:2-4
Modern English Version
2 Speak kindly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that her warfare has ended,
that her iniquity has been pardoned,
that she has received of the hand of the Lord
double for all her sins.
3 The voice of him who cries out,
“Prepare the way of the Lord
in the wilderness,
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God.
4 Let every valley be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low,
and let the rough ground become a plain,
and the rough places a plain;
Isaiah 40:2-4
New International Version
Isaiah 40:2-4
New International Version
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
- Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God
Isaiah 40:2-4
New King James Version
Isaiah 40:2-4
New King James Version
2 “Speak [a]comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her,
That her warfare is ended,
That her iniquity is pardoned;
(A)For she has received from the Lord’s hand
Double for all her sins.”
3 (B)The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
(C)“Prepare the way of the Lord;
(D)Make straight [b]in the desert
A highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
(E)The crooked places shall be made [c]straight
And the rough places smooth;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:2 Lit. to the heart of
- Isaiah 40:3 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX omits in the desert
- Isaiah 40:4 Or a plain
Isaiah 40:2-4
King James Version
Isaiah 40:2-4
King James Version
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
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Isaiah 40:2-4
English Standard Version
Isaiah 40:2-4
English Standard Version
2 (A)Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that (B)her warfare[a] is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
double for all her sins.
3 (C)A voice cries:[b]
(D)“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
(E)make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 (F)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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:2 Or hardship
- Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one crying
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