Isaiah 40:3
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3 A [a]voice crieth in the [b]wilderness, [c]Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make straight in the desert a path for our God.
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- Isaiah 40:3 To wit, of the Prophets.
- Isaiah 40:3 That is, in Babylon and other places, where they were kept in captivity, and misery.
- Isaiah 40:3 Meaning Cyrus and Darius which should deliver God’s people out of captivity, and make them a ready way to Jerusalem: and this was fully accomplished, when John the Baptist brought tidings of Jesus Christ’s coming, who was the true deliverer of his Church from sin and Satan, Matt. 3:3.
Matthew 3:3
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3 For this is he of whom it is spoken by the Prophet Isaiah, saying, (A)The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: [a]make his paths straight.
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- Matthew 3:3 Make him a plain and smooth way.
Luke 3:4
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4 As it is written in the book of the sayings of Isaiah the Prophet, which saith, (A)The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness is, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.
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