New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 40:2-6

2“1Speak 2kindly to Jerusalem; And call out to her, that her 3 4warfare has ended, That her 5 6iniquity has been removed, That she has received of the Lord’s hand 7Double for all her sins.”

3 8A voice 9is calling, “10Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.4Let every valley be lifted up, And every mountain and hill be made low; And let the rough ground become a plain, And the rugged terrain a broad valley;5 11Then the 12glory of the Lord will be revealed, And 13all flesh will see it together; For the 14mouth of the Lord has spoken.”6A voice says, “Call out.” Then 15he answered, “What shall I call out?” 16All flesh is grass, and all its 17loveliness is like the flower of the field.

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Notes

1. Isaiah 40:2 Is 35:4; Zech 1:13 ↩
2. Isaiah 40:2 Lit to the heart of ↩
3. Isaiah 40:2 Or hard service ↩
4. Isaiah 40:2 Is 41:11-13; 49:25; 54:15, 17 ↩
5. Isaiah 40:2 Or penalty of iniquity accepted as paid off ↩
6. Isaiah 40:2 Is 33:24; 53:5, 6, 11 ↩
7. Isaiah 40:2 Jer 16:18; Zech 9:12; Rev 18:6 ↩
8. Isaiah 40:3 Matt 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4-6; John 1:23 ↩
9. Isaiah 40:3 Or of one calling out ↩
10. Isaiah 40:3 Mal 3:1; 4:5, 6 ↩
11. Isaiah 40:5 Or In order that the ↩
12. Isaiah 40:5 Is 6:3; Hab 2:14 ↩
13. Isaiah 40:5 Is 52:10; Joel 2:28 ↩
14. Isaiah 40:5 Is 1:20; 34:16; 58:14 ↩
15. Isaiah 40:6 Another reading is I said ↩
16. Isaiah 40:6 Job 14:2; Ps 102:11; 103:15; 1 Pet 1:24, 25 ↩
17. Isaiah 40:6 Or constancy ↩

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