Isaiah 40:4

⁴Fill in the valleys, and level the mountains and hills. Straighten the curves, and smooth out the rough places.d

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Isaiah 40 marks a dramatic pivot in the book, shifting from judgment to comfort. The prophet announces that Jerusalem’s warfare is ended and her iniquity pardoned, preparing the way for the Lord in the wilderness. This chapter introduces the incomparable God—His majesty, sovereig

References· Isaiah 40

a: v.1 — 2 Corinthians 1:4, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:3, Zephaniah 3:14-17, 1 Thessalonians 4:18, Zechariah 1:13, Jeremiah 31:10-14, Isaiah 49:13-16, Isaiah 66:10-14, Isaiah 60:1
b: v.2 — Zechariah 9:12, Isaiah 61:7, Hosea 2:14, Jeremiah 33:8-9, Revelation 18:6, Jeremiah 16:18, Isaiah 44:22, Isaiah 43:25, Song of Solomon 2:11-13, Jeremiah 29:11
c: v.3 — Prepare the way of the Lord: Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:3, Luke 3:4, John 1:23; Prepare the way of the Lord: Luke 3:4; Malachi 3:1, Mark 1:2-5, John 1:23, Matthew 3:1-3, Luke 1:16-17, Luke 1:76-77, Malachi 4:5-6, Isaiah 57:14, Isaiah 43:19, Isaiah 62:10-11
d: v.4 — Luke 3:5, Ezekiel 21:26, Luke 18:14, Isaiah 42:15-16, Isaiah 45:2, Ezekiel 17:24, Job 40:11-13, Psalms 113:7-8, Isaiah 2:12-15, Luke 1:52-53
e: v.5 — All flesh will see the salvation of God: Luke 3:6; Habakkuk 2:14, Joel 2:28, Isaiah 52:10, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Isaiah 60:1, Luke 3:6, Isaiah 11:9, Acts 2:17, Isaiah 58:14, Psalms 72:19
f: v.6 — Psalms 103:15-16, 1 Peter 1:24-25, Psalms 102:11, James 1:10-11, Job 14:2, Isaiah 58:1, Psalms 90:5-6, Psalms 92:7, Isaiah 37:27, Jeremiah 2:2
g: v.8 — Mark 13:31, Matthew 24:35, 1 Peter 1:25, Psalms 119:89-91, Isaiah 55:10-11, Matthew 5:18, Isaiah 46:10-11, John 10:35, Isaiah 59:21, Zechariah 1:6
h: v.9 — Behold your God: John 1:36; Isaiah 52:7-8, Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 25:9, Isaiah 61:1, Acts 4:13, Acts 4:29, Acts 2:14, Judges 9:7, Isaiah 51:12
i: v.10 — It will come with a reward: Revelation 22:12; Revelation 22:12, Isaiah 62:11, Revelation 17:14, Matthew 28:18, Isaiah 49:4, Philippians 2:10-11, Isaiah 9:6-7, John 12:15, Isaiah 59:15, Ephesians 1:20-22
j: v.11 — Revelation 7:17, Psalms 23:1-6, Micah 5:4, Ezekiel 34:23, John 10:11-16, Isaiah 49:9-10, 1 Peter 2:25, Ezekiel 34:12-14, Ezekiel 34:31, John 21:15-17
k: v.12 — Proverbs 30:4, Hebrews 1:10-12, Psalms 102:25-26, Job 38:4-11, Isaiah 48:13, Proverbs 8:26-28, Job 11:7-9, Revelation 20:11, Job 28:25, Psalms 104:2-3
l: v.13 — Who has known the mind of the Lord?: Romans 11:34, 1 Corinthians 2:16; 1 Corinthians 2:16, Romans 11:34, Job 21:22, Job 36:22-23, Luke 10:22, Ephesians 1:11, John 1:13
m: v.17 — Psalms 62:9, Daniel 4:34-35, Isaiah 29:7, 2 Corinthians 12:11, Job 25:6
n: v.18 — Isaiah 46:5, 1 Samuel 2:2, Isaiah 40:25, Exodus 15:11, Acts 17:29, Jeremiah 10:6, Psalms 89:6, Micah 7:18, Exodus 8:10, Job 40:9
o: v.22 — Proverbs 8:27, Isaiah 42:5, Isaiah 66:1, Psalms 104:2, Job 22:14, Jeremiah 10:12, Hebrews 1:10-12, Job 38:4-9, Isaiah 40:15, Isaiah 44:24
p: v.25 — Isaiah 40:18, Deuteronomy 4:15-18, Deuteronomy 4:33, Deuteronomy 5:8
q: v.26 — Colossians 1:16-17, Jeremiah 32:17-19, Isaiah 48:13, Isaiah 51:6, Isaiah 44:24, Psalms 147:4-5, Psalms 89:11-13, Genesis 2:1-2, Psalms 148:3-6, Psalms 19:1
r: v.28 — Romans 11:33-34, Psalms 147:5, Isaiah 55:8-9, 1 Timothy 1:17, Philippians 1:6, Isaiah 40:21, Luke 24:25, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Genesis 21:33, Jeremiah 4:22
s: v.29 — Isaiah 41:10, Philippians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, Colossians 1:11, Zechariah 10:12, Jeremiah 31:25, Psalms 29:11, Isaiah 50:4, Deuteronomy 33:25, Hebrews 11:34
t: v.30 — Amos 2:14, Psalms 34:10, Psalms 33:16, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Isaiah 13:18, Isaiah 9:17, Psalms 39:5, Jeremiah 6:11
u: v.31 — Lamentations 3:25-26, 2 Corinthians 4:16, Psalms 27:13-14, Psalms 103:5, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, Hebrews 12:1, Galatians 6:9, Romans 8:25, Isaiah 30:18, Psalms 84:7

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