Isaiah 40:4
2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
3 A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
6 A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
Dette ble sagt til Israel i en bestemt tid, så det er lurt å lese det sammen med teksten rundt. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Hver dal skal heves, og hvert fjell og hver haug skal senkes, det bakkete skal bli til slette, og hamrene til flatt land.
- OTB
- Hver dal skal løftes opp, og hvert fjell og hver haug skal gjøres lav; det ujevne landet skal bli jevnt, og det ruglete terrenget en slette.
- B1930
- Hver dal skal heves, og hvert fjell og hver haug skal senkes, det bakkete skal bli til slette, og hamrene til flatt land.
- BSB
- Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
- KJV
- Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
- WEB
- Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
- ASV
- Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
- DARBY
- Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places a plain.
- BLB
- Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill brought low; and the crooked will become straight, and the rugged a plain;
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Luke 3:5
Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
Les i sammenhengEzekiel 21:26
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.
Les i sammenhengLuke 18:14
I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 42:15–16
I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 45:2
“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
Les i sammenhengEzekiel 17:24
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
Les i sammenhengJob 40:11–13
Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 2:12–15
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
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