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,
Isaiah 42:16
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16 (A)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,
(B)the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
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.
Isaiah 49:11
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11 (A)And I will make all my mountains a road,
and my highways shall be raised up.
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
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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James 1:9
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9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
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Hebrews 12:12-13
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12 Therefore (A)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and (B)make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint (C)but rather be healed.
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Isaiah 2:11-17
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11 (A)The haughty looks of man shall be brought low,
and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
12 (B)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 (C)cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the (D)oaks of Bashan;
14 against all (E)the lofty mountains,
and against all the uplifted hills;
15 against every high tower,
and against every fortified wall;
16 against all (F)the ships of Tarshish,
and against all the beautiful craft.
17 (G)And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
Luke 1:51-53
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51 (A)He has shown strength with his arm;
(B)he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
52 (C)he has brought down the mighty from their thrones
(D)and exalted those of humble estate;
53 he has filled (E)the hungry with good things,
and the rich (F)he has sent away empty.
Isaiah 61:1-3
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The Year of the Lord's Favor
61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]
2 (D)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,
(E)and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
(F)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(G)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(H)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, (I)that he may be glorified.[c]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
- Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind
- Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty
Isaiah 35:6-8
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6 (A)then shall the lame man leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
(B)For waters break forth in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;
7 (C)the burning sand shall become a pool,
and the thirsty ground springs of water;
in the haunt of (D)jackals, where they lie down,
the grass shall become reeds and rushes.
8 (E)And a highway shall be there,
and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
(F)the unclean shall not pass over it.
It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 35:8 Or if they are fools, they shall not wander in it
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