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.

Cross References (15)

  • Malachi 3:1 (108)

    “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to

  • Mark 1:2–5 (93)

    As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”

  • John 1:23 (77)

    John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way

  • Matthew 3:1–3 (72)

    In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

  • Luke 1:16–17 (54)

    Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.

  • Luke 1:76–77 (53)

    And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him

  • Malachi 4:5–6 (51)

    Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

  • Isaiah 57:14 (48)

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

  • Isaiah 43:19 (43)

    Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilde

  • Isaiah 62:10–11 (38)

    Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the ston

  • Isaiah 35:8 (36)

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

  • Luke 3:2–6 (31)

    during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

  • Isaiah 49:11 (30)

    I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

  • Isaiah 11:15–16 (22)

    The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the

  • Psalms 68:4 (21)

    Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds—His name is the LORD—and rejoice before Him.