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Sirach 48:10
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Sirach 48:10
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10 The scripture says that you are ready to appear at the designated time,[a] to cool God's anger before it breaks out in fury; that you
will bring parents and children together again, and restore the tribes of Israel.
Footnotes
- Sirach 48:10 Hebrew you are...time; Greek unclear.
Baruch 5:7
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Baruch 5:7
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7 God has commanded that every high mountain and the everlasting hills shall be made low; he has commanded that the valleys shall be filled and the ground leveled, so that the people of Israel may come safely home in the glory of God.
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Matthew 3:3
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Matthew 3:3
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3 (A)John was the man the prophet Isaiah was talking about when he said,
“Someone is shouting in the desert,
‘Prepare a road for the Lord;
make a straight path for him to travel!’”
Matthew 3:3
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Matthew 3:3
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3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:
Footnotes
- Matthew 3:3 Isaiah 40:3
Mark 1:3
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Mark 1:3
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3 (A)Someone is shouting in the desert,
‘Get the road ready for the Lord;
make a straight path for him to travel!’”
Mark 1:3
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Mark 1:3
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John 1:23
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John 1:23
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23 (A)John answered by quoting the prophet Isaiah:
“I am ‘the voice of someone shouting in the desert:
Make a straight path for the Lord to travel!’”
John 1:23
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John 1:23
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23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(A) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[a](B)
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- John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
Isaiah 40:3
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Isaiah 40:3
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3 (A)A voice cries out,
“Prepare in the wilderness a road for the Lord!
Clear the way in the desert for our God!
Isaiah 40:3
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Isaiah 40:3
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Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
- Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God
Luke 3:4-6
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Luke 3:4-6
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4 (A)As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah:
“Someone is shouting in the desert:
‘Get the road ready for the Lord;
make a straight path for him to travel!
5 Every valley must be filled up,
every hill and mountain leveled off.
The winding roads must be made straight,
and the rough paths made smooth.
6 The whole human race will see God's salvation!’”
Luke 3:4-6
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Luke 3:4-6
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4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:
Footnotes
- Luke 3:6 Isaiah 40:3-5
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