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Somebody's voice is shouting,

‘Prepare a way in the wilderness for the Lord.
    Make a straight road in the desert for our God.
Raise up every valley,
    and bring down every mountain and hill.
The rough ground and the ground that has rocks
    will become flat.
Then the great glory of the Lord will appear!
    All people will see it at the same time.
The Lord himself has promised this.’

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A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
    the way(A) for the Lord[a];
make straight(B) in the desert
    a highway for our God.[b](C)
Every valley shall be raised up,(D)
    every mountain and hill(E) made low;
the rough ground shall become level,(F)
    the rugged places a plain.
And the glory(G) of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all people will see it together.(H)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
  2. Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God