Isa 57:14-15, Mal 3:1, Luk 1:17, 76 | ESV | STEP | And it shall be said , Build up , build up , prepare the way , remove every obstruction from my people’s way .

p ch. 7:27; Mal. 3:1; Matt. 11:10; Mark 1:2

s ver. 17; ch. 3:4; 7:27; Mal. 3:1; Matt. 3:3; Mark 1:2, 3

Isaiah 57:14-15

Comfort for the Contrite

14 And it shall be said,
^a“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
remove every obstruction from my people’s way.”
15 For thus says ^bthe One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is ^cHoly:
^d“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also ^ewith him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
^fto revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Malachi 3:1

1 ^g“Behold, I send ^hmy messenger, and ⁱhe will prepare the way before me. And the Lord ^jwhom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ^kthe messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Luke 1:17

17 and ^lhe will go before him ^min the spirit and power of Elijah, ⁿto turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and ^othe disobedient to the wisdom of the just, ^pto make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

Luke 1:76

76 And you, child, will be called ^qthe prophet of ^rthe Most High;
for ^syou will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,