King James Version
Isaiah 49:11 in the King James Version says “And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 49 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.”
Isaiah 49:11 · KJV
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And I will make”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“a way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“and my highways”
H4546a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
“shall be exalted”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
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