Isa 40:3-5 | NETfull | STEP | A voice cries out, “In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord ; construct in the desert a road for our God.

Isaiah 40:3-5

3 A voice cries out,
“In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord;
construct in the desert a road for our God.
4 Every valley must be elevated,
and every mountain and hill leveled.
The rough terrain will become a level plain,
the rugged landscape a wide valley.
5 The splendor ^{▼▼ Or “glory.” The Lord’s “glory” is his theophanic radiance and royal splendor (see Isa 6:3; 24:23; 35:2; 60:1; 66:18–19).} of the Lord will be revealed,
and all people ^{▼▼ Heb “flesh” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NAB, NIV “mankind”; TEV “the whole human race.”} will see it at the same time.
For ^{▼▼ Or “indeed.”} the Lord has decreed it.” ^{▼▼ Heb “the mouth of the Lord has spoken” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).}