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Luke 3:5

3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;

6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
WEB
Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.
ASV
Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth;
DARBY
Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked [places] shall become a straight [path], and the rough places smooth ways,
BLB
Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; and the crooked will become straight, and the rough ways into smooth.
ÅB
Hver dal skal fylles, og hvert fjell og hver haug skal senkes, og det krokete skal rettes, og de knudrete veier jevnes,
OTB
Hver dal skal fylles,
og hvert fjell og hver haug skal senkes.
Det buktete skal bli rett,
og de steinete stier jevne.
B1930
Hver dal skal fylles, og hvert fjell og hver haug skal senkes, og det krokete skal rettes, og de knudrete veier jevnes,

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 40:4

    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:

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  • Isaiah 42:16

    And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

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  • Isaiah 45:2

    I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

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  • Isaiah 49:11

    And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

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  • Ezekiel 17:24

    And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.

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  • Hebrews 12:12–13

    Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

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  • Luke 1:51–53

    He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

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  • Isaiah 2:11–17

    The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

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