The Lord spoke thus to me while his hand was strong upon me and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

The Righteous Reign of the Coming King

But there will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

The way of the righteous is level; straight is the path of the righteous that you clear.

leave the way; turn aside from the path; let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”

And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

Because you have raged against me and your arrogance has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth; I will turn you back on the way by which you came.

By the way that he came, by the same he shall return; he shall not come into this city, says the Lord.

A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Whom did he consult for his enlightenment, and who taught him the path of justice? [[Who taught him knowledge and showed him the way of understanding?

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go.

A Promise of Help and Healing

It shall be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way; remove every obstruction from my people’s way.”

The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their ways. Their roads they have made crooked; no one who walks in them knows peace.

Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; clear it of stones; lift up an ensign over the peoples.