Isaiah 49:11

Isaiah 49:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
• New International Version (NIV)I will turn all my mountains into roads, and my highways will be raised up.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be raised up.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will make each of My mountains a road, And My highways shall be elevated.

Context of Isaiah 49:11

9You will say to the prisoners, “Come out,” and to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.” They will graze along every path, and they will find pastures on every bare hill. 10They will never be hungry or thirsty, nor will the sun or the burning, hot wind strike them. The one who has compassion on them will lead them and guide them to springs. I will turn all my mountains into roads, and my highways will be restored. 12They will come from far away. They will come from the north and from the west, and they will come from the land of Sinim. 13Sing with joy, you heavens! Rejoice, you earth! Break into shouts of joy, you mountains! The Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his humble people.

Isaiah 49:11 word by word

וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י כָל־הָרַ֖י לַדָּ֑רֶךְ וּמְסִלֹּתַ֖י יְרֻמֽוּן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• all my mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• a wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• and my highwaysמְסִלָּהmesillâh · highwayH4546
• shall be exaltedרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311

Cross-references for Isaiah 49:11

• Isaiah 11:16There will be a highway for the remaining few of his people left in Assyria like there was for Israel when it came out of Egypt.
• Isaiah 35:8A highway will be there, a roadway. It will be called the Holy Road. Sinners won’t travel on it. It will be for those who walk on it. Godless fools won’t wander ⌞onto it⌟.
• Isaiah 40:3A voice cries out in the desert: “Clear a way for the Lord. Make a straight highway in the wilderness for our God.
• Isaiah 43:19I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Don’t you recognize it? I will clear a way in the desert. I will make rivers on dry land.
• Isaiah 57:14It will be said: “Build a road! Build a road! Prepare the way! Remove every obstacle in the way of my people!”
• Isaiah 62:10Go through! Go through the gates! Prepare a way for the people! Build up! Build up the highway! Clear away the stones! Raise a flag for the people!
• Psalms 107:4They wandered around the desert on a deserted road without finding an inhabited city.
• Luke 3:4As the prophet Isaiah wrote in his book, “A voice cries out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!
• John 14:6Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me.

Commentaries on Isaiah 49:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And I will make all my mountains a way - I will make all the mountains for a highway; or an even, level way. That is, he would remove all obstructions from their path. The image is taken from the return from Babylon to the land of Palestine, in which God so often promises to make the hills a plain, and the crooked places straight (see the notes at Isaiah 40:4). And my highways shall be exalted - That is, the way shall be cast up (see Isaiah 57:14; Isaiah…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 The Father is the Lord, the Redeemer, and Holy One of Israel, as sending the Son to be the Redeemer. Man, whom he came to save, put contempt upon him. To this he submitted for our salvation. He is a pledge for all the blessings of the covenant; in him God was reconciling the world to himself. Pardoning mercy is a release from the curse of the law; renewing grace is a release from the dominion of sin: both are from Christ. He saith to those in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Like a shepherd, the Lord in his mercy will guide the returning exiles beside cool waters. He promised to comfort them and meet their needs (see also Isaiah 40:11; Psalm 23:1). roads … highways: The Lord would open up the way of salvation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. my--All things are God's. mountains a way--I will remove all obstructions out of the way (Is 40:4). exalted--that is, cast up (Is 57:14; 62:10); for instance, over valleys. Vitringa explains "mountains" as great kingdoms, Egypt, Syria, &c., subjected to Rome, to facilitate the spreading of the Gospel; "highways," the Christian doctrine wherein those who join the Church walk, and which, at the time of Constantine, was to be raised into prominence…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 49:11

• Church
• Jesus Continued
• Righteous
• Salvation
• Seekers

In the dictionaries

• Forget
• Mouth
• Causeway; Causey
• Isaiah
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Saviour
• Isaiah, Book of

Commentaries on Isaiah 49

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings