Isaiah 40:3-8
New King James Version
3 (A)The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
(B)“Prepare the way of the Lord;
(C)Make straight [a]in the desert
A highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
(D)The crooked places shall be made [b]straight
And the rough places smooth;
5 The (E)glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
And all flesh shall see it together;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
6 The voice said, “Cry out!”
And [c]he said, “What shall I cry?”
(F)“All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
But (G)the word of our God stands forever.”
Notas al pie
- Isaiah 40:3 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX omits in the desert
- Isaiah 40:4 Or a plain
- Isaiah 40:6 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Vg. I
Isaiah 40:3-8
Christian Standard Bible
3 A voice of one crying out:
Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness;(A)
make a straight highway for our God in the desert.(B)
4 Every valley will be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill will be leveled;
the uneven ground will become smooth
and the rough places, a plain.(C)
5 And the glory of the Lord will appear,(D)
and all humanity[a] together will see it,(E)
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(F)
6 A voice was saying, “Cry out!”
Another said,[b] “What should I cry out?”
“All humanity is grass,(G)
and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.(H)
7 The grass withers, the flowers fade
when the breath[c] of the Lord blows on them;[d]
indeed, the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flowers fade,(I)
but the word of our God remains forever.”(J)
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