King James Version
Isaiah 40:3 in the King James Version says “The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway fo...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”
Isaiah 40:3 · KJV
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins. comfortably: Heb. to the heart warfare: or, appointed time
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
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: straight: or, a straight place plain: or, a plain place
And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of him that crieth”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“ye the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“make straight”
H3474to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
“in the desert”
H6160a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the jordan and its continuation to the red sea
“a highway”
H4546a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
“for our God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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