LXX Isaiah 40:4
Septuagint
2 O priests, speak to the heart of Ierousalem; comfort her, because her humiliation has been fulfilled, her sin has been done away with, because she has received from the Lord’s hand double that of her sins. 3 A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight the paths of our God. 4 Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and all the crooked ways shall become straight, and the rough place shall become plains. 5 Then the glory of the Lord shall appear, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God, because the Lord has spoken.” 6 A voice of one saying, “Cry out!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass; all the glory of man is like the flower of grass.
Date: 1st Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Luke 3:5
New Testament
3 He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 4 As it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, “The voice of one shouting in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight. 5 Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low, and the crooked will be made straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth, 6 and all humanity will see the salvation of God.’” 7 So John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Date: 75-85 C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... In all four Gospels it is John the Baptist who initiates the new work of the Spirit in the announcement of the imminence of the kingdom. All three Synoptics associate John with the prophecy in Malachi 3:1: “Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me.” Mark adds Isaiah 40:3, another passage that alludes to salvation and apocalyptic fulfillment: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight” (Mark 1:3). Luke continues by quoting apocalyptic words from Isaiah 40:4–5: “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; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God” (Luke 3:5–6) ..."
Hagner, Donald A.
The New Testament: A Historical and Theological Introduction
(pp. 70-71) Baker Academic, 2012
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