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Isaiah 57:14

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12 I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.

13 When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”

And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”

15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

16 For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
KJV
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
WEB
He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”
ASV
And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
DARBY
And it shall be said, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.
BLB
And He said: “Build up, build up, clear the way, take up the stumbling block from the way of My people.”
ÅB
Og det skal bli sagt: Bygg, bygg, rydd vei! Ta hvert støt bort fra mitt folks vei!
OTB
Og det skal bli sagt: "Bygg opp, bygg opp, forbered veien! Fjern hindringene ut av veien for mitt folk."
B1930
Og det skal bli sagt: Bygg, bygg, rydd vei! Ta hvert støt bort fra mitt folks vei!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 62:10

    Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!

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  • Luke 3:5–6

    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.

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  • Isaiah 35:8

    And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.

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  • Isaiah 40:3

    A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

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  • Jeremiah 18:15

    Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.

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  • Romans 14:13

    Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

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  • 1 Corinthians 8:13

    Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

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  • Hebrews 12:13

    Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

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