Psa 107:4, 7, Isa 11:16, 35:8-10, 40:3-4, 43:19, 57:14, 62:10, Luk 3:4-5 | ESV | STEP | Some wandered in desert wastes , finding no way to a city to dwell in;

16 And there will be ^ea highway from Assyria
for the remnant that remains of his people,
^fas there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 35:8-10

8 ^gAnd a highway shall be there,
and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
^hthe 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}
9 No lion shall be there,
nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there.
10 ^jAnd the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
^keverlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 40:3-4

3 ^lA voice cries: ^{▼▼Or A voice of one crying}
ⁿ“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
^omake straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 ^pEvery 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.

Isaiah 43:19

19 ^qBehold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
^rI will make a way in the wilderness
^sand rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 57:14

Comfort for the Contrite

14 And it shall be said,
^t“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
remove every obstruction from my people’s way.”

Isaiah 62:10

10 Go through, go through the gates;
^uprepare the way for the people;
^vbuild up, build up the highway;
clear it of stones;
^wlift up a signal over the peoples.

Luke 3:4-5

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

^y“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
^z‘Prepare the way of the Lord, ^{▼▼Or crying, Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord}
make his paths straight.
5 ^abEvery valley shall be filled,
^acand every mountain and hill shall be made low,
^adand the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,