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Isaiah 40:1–5

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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.
¶ 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:
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.
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From verse 1

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:4Rank 1 from verse 1
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    4Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

  2. Isaiah 51:12Rank 2 from verse 1
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    12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

  3. Isaiah 51:3Rank 3 from verse 1
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    3For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

  4. Zephaniah 3:14–17Rank 4 from verse 1
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    14¶ Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

    15The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.

    16In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

    17The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

  5. 1 Thessalonians 4:18Rank 5 from verse 1
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    18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

  6. Jeremiah 31:10–14Rank 6 from verse 1
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    10¶ Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

    11For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

    12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

    13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

    14And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.

  7. Zechariah 1:13Rank 7 from verse 1
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    13And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.

  8. Isaiah 49:13–16Rank 8 from verse 1
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    13¶ 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.

    14But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

    15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

    16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

  9. Isaiah 66:10–14Rank 9 from verse 1
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    10Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

    11That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

    12For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

    13As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

    14And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

  10. Isaiah 12:1Rank 10 from verse 1
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    1AND in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

  11. Isaiah 60:1–3Rank 11 from verse 1
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    1ARISE, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

    2For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

    3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

  12. Zechariah 9:9Rank 12 from verse 1
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    9¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

  13. Isaiah 52:9Rank 13 from verse 1
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    9¶ Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

  14. Isaiah 62:11–12Rank 14 from verse 1
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    11Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

    12And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

  15. Isaiah 41:10–14Rank 15 from verse 1
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    10¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

    11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

    12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

    13For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

    14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

  16. Isaiah 3:10Rank 16 from verse 1
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    10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

  17. Isaiah 35:3–4Rank 17 from verse 1
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    3¶ Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

    4Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

  18. Isaiah 41:27Rank 18 from verse 1
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    27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

  19. Isaiah 50:10Rank 19 from verse 1
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    10¶ Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

  20. Isaiah 57:15–19Rank 20 from verse 1
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    15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

    16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

    17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

    18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

    19I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.

  21. Isaiah 65:13–14Rank 21 from verse 1
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    13Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

    14Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

  22. Nehemiah 8:10Rank 22 from verse 1
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    10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

  23. Psalms 85:8Rank 23 from verse 1
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    8I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

  24. Hebrews 6:17–18Rank 24 from verse 1
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    17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

    18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

From verse 2

  1. Zechariah 9:12Rank 1 from verse 2
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    12¶ Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

  2. Isaiah 61:7Rank 2 from verse 2
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    7¶ For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

  3. Hosea 2:14Rank 3 from verse 2
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    14¶ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

  4. Jeremiah 33:8–9Rank 4 from verse 2
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    8And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.

    9¶ And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

  5. Revelation 18:6Rank 5 from verse 2
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    6Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

  6. Isaiah 43:25Rank 6 from verse 2
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    25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

  7. Isaiah 44:22Rank 7 from verse 2
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    22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

  8. Jeremiah 16:18Rank 8 from verse 2
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    18And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

  9. Song of Solomon 2:11–13Rank 9 from verse 2
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    11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

    12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

    13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  10. Habakkuk 2:3Rank 10 from verse 2
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    3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

  11. Isaiah 35:4Rank 11 from verse 2
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    4Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

  12. Jeremiah 29:11Rank 12 from verse 2
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    11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

  13. Daniel 11:35Rank 13 from verse 2
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    35And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.

  14. Isaiah 12:1Rank 14 from verse 2
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    1AND in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

  15. Psalms 102:13–28Rank 15 from verse 2
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    13Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

    14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

    15So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

    16When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

    17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

    18This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.

    19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

    20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

    21To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

    22When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

    23He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

    24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

    25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

    26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

    27But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

    28The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

  16. Isaiah 33:24Rank 16 from verse 2
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    24And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

  17. Isaiah 41:11–13Rank 17 from verse 2
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    11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

    12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

    13For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

  18. Isaiah 49:25Rank 18 from verse 2
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    25But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

  19. Jeremiah 31:33–34Rank 19 from verse 2
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    33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

    34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

  20. Job 42:10–12Rank 20 from verse 2
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    10And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

    11Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

    12So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

  21. Psalms 32:1Rank 21 from verse 2
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    1BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

  22. Revelation 11:15–18Rank 22 from verse 2
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    15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

    16And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

    17Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

    18And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

  23. 2 Chronicles 30:22Rank 23 from verse 2
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    22And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.

  24. Acts 1:7Rank 24 from verse 2
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    7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

  25. Daniel 12:4Rank 25 from verse 2
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    4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

  26. Daniel 12:9Rank 26 from verse 2
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    9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

  27. Daniel 9:12Rank 27 from verse 2
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    12And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

  28. Daniel 9:2Rank 28 from verse 2
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    2In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

  29. Daniel 9:24–27Rank 29 from verse 2
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    24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

    25Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

    26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

    27And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

  30. Galatians 4:4Rank 30 from verse 2
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    4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

  31. Genesis 34:3Rank 31 from verse 2
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    3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

  32. Jeremiah 17:18Rank 32 from verse 2
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    18Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

  33. Zechariah 1:15Rank 33 from verse 2
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    15And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

  34. 1 Corinthians 6:9–11Rank 34 from verse 2
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    9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

    10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

    11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

  35. Revelation 6:10–11Rank 35 from verse 2
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    10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

    11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

From verse 3

  1. Malachi 3:1Rank 1 from verse 3
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    1BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

  2. Mark 1:2–5Rank 2 from verse 3
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    2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

    3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

    4John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

    5And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

  3. John 1:23Rank 3 from verse 3
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    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

  4. Matthew 3:1–3Rank 4 from verse 3
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    1IN those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa,

    2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

    3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

  5. Luke 1:16–17Rank 5 from verse 3
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    16And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

    17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

  6. Luke 1:76–77Rank 6 from verse 3
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    76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

    77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

  7. Malachi 4:5–6Rank 7 from verse 3
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    5¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

    6And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

  8. Isaiah 57:14Rank 8 from verse 3
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    14And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

  9. Isaiah 43:19Rank 9 from verse 3
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    19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

  10. Isaiah 62:10–11Rank 10 from verse 3
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    10¶ Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

    11Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

  11. Isaiah 35:8Rank 11 from verse 3
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    8And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

  12. Luke 3:2–6Rank 12 from verse 3
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    2Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

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

    4As 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.

    5Every 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;

    6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

  13. Isaiah 49:11Rank 13 from verse 3
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    11And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

  14. Isaiah 11:15–16Rank 14 from verse 3
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    15And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

    16And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

  15. Psalms 68:4Rank 15 from verse 3
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    4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

From verse 4

  1. Luke 3:5Rank 1 from verse 4
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    5Every 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;

  2. Ezekiel 21:26Rank 2 from verse 4
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    26Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.

  3. Luke 18:14Rank 3 from verse 4
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    14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  4. Isaiah 42:15–16Rank 4 from verse 4
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    15I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

    16And 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.

  5. Isaiah 45:2Rank 5 from verse 4
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    2I 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:

  6. Ezekiel 17:24Rank 6 from verse 4
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    24And 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.

  7. Job 40:11–13Rank 7 from verse 4
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    11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

    12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

    13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

  8. Isaiah 2:12–15Rank 8 from verse 4
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    12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

    13And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

    14And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

    15And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

  9. Luke 1:52–53Rank 9 from verse 4
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    52He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

    53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

  10. Psalms 113:7–8Rank 10 from verse 4
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    7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

    8That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

  11. 1 Samuel 2:8Rank 11 from verse 4
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    8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

  12. Isaiah 42:11Rank 12 from verse 4
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    11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

  13. Proverbs 2:15Rank 13 from verse 4
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    15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

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  1. Habakkuk 2:14Rank 1 from verse 5
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    14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

  2. Isaiah 52:10Rank 2 from verse 5
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    10The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

  3. Joel 2:28Rank 3 from verse 5
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    28¶ And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

  4. 2 Corinthians 4:6Rank 4 from verse 5
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    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  5. Isaiah 60:1Rank 5 from verse 5
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    1ARISE, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

  6. Luke 3:6Rank 6 from verse 5
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    6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

  7. Acts 2:17Rank 7 from verse 5
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    17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

  8. Isaiah 11:9Rank 8 from verse 5
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    9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

  9. Isaiah 6:3Rank 9 from verse 5
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    3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

  10. Psalms 72:19Rank 10 from verse 5
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    19And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

  11. Isaiah 58:14Rank 11 from verse 5
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    14Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

  12. John 1:14Rank 12 from verse 5
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    14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

  13. Isaiah 66:23Rank 13 from verse 5
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    23And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.

  14. Revelation 21:23Rank 14 from verse 5
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    23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

  15. 2 Corinthians 3:18Rank 15 from verse 5
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    18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

  16. Hebrews 1:3Rank 16 from verse 5
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    3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

  17. Isaiah 1:20Rank 17 from verse 5
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    20But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

  18. Isaiah 35:2Rank 18 from verse 5
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    2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.

  19. John 12:41Rank 19 from verse 5
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    41These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

  20. Zechariah 2:13Rank 20 from verse 5
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    13Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

  21. Isaiah 49:6Rank 21 from verse 5
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    6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

  22. Jeremiah 9:12Rank 22 from verse 5
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    12¶ Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

  23. John 17:2Rank 23 from verse 5
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    2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

  24. Micah 4:4Rank 24 from verse 5
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    4But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.

  25. Psalms 102:16Rank 25 from verse 5
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    16When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

  26. Psalms 96:6Rank 26 from verse 5
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    6Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

  27. Isaiah 66:16Rank 27 from verse 5
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    16For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

  28. Jeremiah 32:27Rank 28 from verse 5
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    27Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

  29. Luke 2:10–14Rank 29 from verse 5
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    10And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

    11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

    12And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

    13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

    14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

  30. Luke 2:32Rank 30 from verse 5
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    32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

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DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 40:1

COMBINED MEANING

comfort

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Sense 1: Strength, relief, encouragement, or consolation in distress. Sense 2: To strengthen, encourage, or console.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 40:2

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cry

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1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

warfare

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Sense 1: Military service or conflict. Sense 2: Figuratively, an organized spiritual struggle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

accomplished

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of accomplish, meaning to finish, complete, fulfill, or bring to an end.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

iniquity

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Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

pardoned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of pardon, meaning to forgive an offense or offender; to remit an offense, guilt, or penalty.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

double

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Sense 1: Twice the amount, number, or measure. Sense 2: Of heart or mind, divided or inconsistent. Sense 3: Folded over or made of two parts or layers. Sense 4: To make twice as much or twofold; to fold or turn over upon itself.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sins

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Transgressions or offences against God and his law, and the guilt for them.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 40:3

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wilderness

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Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

straight

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1. Direct and not crooked, or proceeding without turning aside. 2. Upright, right, or made right.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

desert

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1. A wilderness or solitary place. 2. That which is deserved; a due recompence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 40:4

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

exalted

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Raised, lifted up, set on high, promoted, honoured, magnified, praised, or increased in position, power, safety, expression, or estimation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mountain

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Sense 1: A great natural elevation of land or an elevated region. Sense 2: A figure of something lofty or formidable.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

low

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Sense 1: Not high; beneath in place, rank, amount, strength, or condition. Sense 2: Humble or brought down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

crooked

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1. Bent, winding, or not straight. 2. Figuratively, morally perverse or turned aside from what is right.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

straight

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1. Direct and not crooked, or proceeding without turning aside. 2. Upright, right, or made right.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rough

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Uneven, rugged, or not smooth; by extension, coarse, harsh, or violent.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

places

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1. Physical locations or rooms. 2. Positions or offices. 3. Occasions, circumstances, or passages.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

plain

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1. A level tract of land. 2. Clear or evident. 3. Simple or unadorned.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 40:5

COMBINED MEANING

glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

revealed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of reveal, meaning to uncover, disclose, show, or make known what was hidden or unknown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spoken

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1. Uttered, said, declared, addressed, or communicated in words. 2. In 'spoken of,' mentioned, described, or referred to. 3. In 'spoken for,' addressed by request or commendation on another's behalf; in a marriage setting, sought as a spouse. 4. In 'spoken against' or 'evil spoken of,' opposed, contradicted, denounced, or reviled.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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39:8Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

40:1COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

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40:2Speak 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.

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40:3¶ 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.

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40:4Every 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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40:5And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

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40:6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

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