Isa 40:3-4, Zec 4:6-7, Luk 3:4-6 | ESV | STEP | A voice cries : In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God .

i[See ver. 6 above]

j Isa. 40:4

kSee ch. 3:9

l ch. 4:17; [Acts 8:28]

m John 1:23; Cited from Isa. 40:3-5

n ch. 1:76

p[Isa. 57:14]

q Isa. 49:11; Zech. 4:7

r Isa. 42:16; 45:2

s Isa. 52:10; [Ps. 98:2, 3]

t ch. 2:30; Acts 28:28; [ch. 1:69, 71, 77; Titus 2:11]

Isaiah 40:3-4

3 ^aA voice cries: ^{▼▼Or A voice of one crying}
^c“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
^dmake straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 ^eEvery valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.

Zechariah 4:6-7

6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to ^fZerubbabel: ^gNot by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. 7 Who are you, ^hO great mountain? Before ⁱZerubbabel ^jyou shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward ^kthe top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

Luke 3:4-6

4 As it is written in ^lthe book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,

^m“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
ⁿ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, ^{▼▼Or crying, Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord}
make his paths straight.
5 ^pEvery valley shall be filled,
^qand every mountain and hill shall be made low,
^rand the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,
6 ^sand all flesh shall see ^tthe salvation of God.’”