vSee Matt. 11:14
Isaiah 35:8
8 aAnd a highway shall be there,and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
bthe unclean shall not pass over it.
It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
even if they are fools, they shall not go astray. ▼
▼Or if they are fools, they shall not wander in it
Isaiah 57:14
Comfort for the Contrite
14 And it shall be said,d“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
remove every obstruction from my people’s way.”
Isaiah 62:10-11
10 Go through, go through the gates;eprepare the way for the people;
fbuild up, build up the highway;
clear it of stones;
glift up a signal over the peoples.
11Behold, the Lord has proclaimed
to the end of the earth:
hSay to the daughter of Zion,
i“Behold, your salvation comes;
behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.”
Malachi 3:1
1 j“Behold, I send kmy messenger, and lhe will prepare the way before me. And the Lord mwhom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and nthe messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.Malachi 4:5-6
5 o“Behold, I will send you pElijah the prophet qbefore the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6And he will rturn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and sstrike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” ▼▼The Hebrew term rendered decree of utter destruction refers to things devoted (or set apart) to the Lord (or by the Lord) for destruction
Luke 1:16-17
16And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, 17and uhe will go before him vin the spirit and power of Elijah, wto turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and xthe disobedient to the wisdom of the just, yto make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”Luke 1:76-77
76And you, child, will be called zthe prophet of aathe Most High;for abyou will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77to give knowledge of salvation to his people
acin the forgiveness of their sins,
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