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Isaiah 40:4

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4fEvery valley shall be exalted,

And egevery mountain and hill shall be made low:

And hthe crooked shall be made ||straight,

And the rough places ||plain:

Read in Logos
Isaiah 40:3–4: A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low…”

Footnotes

  1. fCited Luke 3:5.
  2. eSo ch. 49:11.
  3. gComp. Baruch 5:7.
  4. hSo ch. 45:2.
  5. ||Or, a straight place. ch. 42:16 (Heb.).
  6. ||Or, a plain place. ch. 41:18 (Heb.).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Every valley shall be raised up,

every mountain and hill made low;

the rough ground shall become level,

the rugged places a plain.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

Fill in the valleys,

and level the mountains and hills.

Straighten the curves,

and smooth out the rough places.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Every valley shall be lifted up,

and every mountain and hill shall become low,

And the rough ground shall be like a plain,

and the rugged ground like a valley-plain.