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Isaiah 49:11
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I will make all my mountains into a road,and my highways will be raised up.
I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
And I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be raised up.
"I will make all My mountains a road, And My highways will be raised up.
I will make my mountains into roads, and the roads will be raised up.
"And I will make all My mountains a roadway, And My highways will be raised.
I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
And I will make all my mountaines, as a way, and my paths shalbe exalted.
I will set all My mountains as a road,And My highways will be raised up.
I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.
I will turn all my mountains into a road, my highways will be raised up.
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.
I will make a road for my people. The mountains will be made flat, and the low roads will be raised.
And I will make all mountains to be highways, and the highways shall be exalted.
"I will make a highway across the mountains and prepare a road for my people to travel.
And I will make all my mountains like a road, and my highways shall lead up.
And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways shall be set on high.
I will make wayes vpon all my mountaynes, and my fote pathes shalbe exalted.
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.
And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways shall be raised on high.
And I will make all my mountaines a way, and my high wayes shall be exalted.
I wyll make wayes vpon all my mountaynes, and my footpathes shalbe exalted.
And I will make every mountain a way, and every path a pasture to them.
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
And Y schal sette alle myn hillis in to weie, and my pathis schulen be enhaunsid.
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways."
I will make each of My mountains a road, And My highways shall be elevated.
And I will make my mountains into level paths for them. The highways will be raised above the valleys.
And I will make all My mountains a road. My straight roads will be raised up.
And I will turn all my mountains into a road, and my highways shall be raised up.
Then will I make of all my mountains, a road, And my highways, shall be upraised.
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my paths shall be exalted.
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.
And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.
"I will make all My mountains a road, And My highways will be raised up.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Isaiah 11:16, Isaiah 35:8-10, Isaiah 40:3, Isaiah 40:4, Isaiah 43:19, Isaiah 57:14, Isaiah 62:10, Psalms 107:4, Psalms 107:7, Luke 3:4, Luke 3:5, John 14:6
Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 2:8 - the mountains Isaiah 11:12 - shall assemble Isaiah 35:6 - for Isaiah 42:15 - General
Cross-References
Jacob called his sons together and said: My sons, I am Jacob, your father Israel.
Reuben, you are my oldest, born at the peak of my powers; you were an honored leader.
There were so many people living in Judah and Israel while Solomon was king that they seemed like grains of sand on a beach. Everyone had enough to eat and drink, and they were happy.
Everyone living in Israel, from the town of Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, was safe as long as Solomon lived. Each family sat undisturbed beneath its own grape vines and fig trees.
for a while. Then he will come and take you away to a country just like yours, where you can plant vineyards, raise your own grain, and have plenty of olive oil and honey. Believe me, you won't starve there. Hezekiah claims the Lord will save you. But don't be fooled by him.
On that day, fruitful vineyards will cover the mountains. And your cattle and goats that graze on the hills will produce a lot of milk. Streams in Judah will never run dry; a stream from my house will flow in Acacia Valley.
Everyone will find rest beneath their own fig trees or grape vines, and they will live in peace. This is a solemn promise of the Lord All-Powerful.
"Sir," I answered, "you must know." Then he told me: "These are the ones who have gone through the great suffering. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and have made them white.
You can eat the flesh of kings, rulers, leaders, horses, riders, free people, slaves, important people, and everyone else."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And I will make all my mountains a way,.... Or "for", or "into a way" e; signifying that they should be dug through or levelled, and a way made through them, over them, or upon them, for his people to pass: very probably the allusion is to the mountains that lay between Babylon and Judea; and which the Lord calls his, because of his making and settling, and was therefore able to make them a way, or passable: though the words are not to be literally understood, but denote the removing of all impediments, obstructions, and difficulties, in the people's return from captivity; which was typical of redemption by Christ, which had its difficulties, which he only could get over; he came leaping over these hills and mountains, and they became a plain before him, the great Zerubbabel; such as the assumption of a sinless nature, to make atonement in for sin, which only could be produced in an uncommon and extraordinary way; the fulfilling of a broken law, satisfying divine justice, engaging with many enemies who were to be conquered, sin, Satan, the world, and death; bearing the wrath of God, and submitting to an accursed death: and so in the conversion of the Gentiles, which may here be referred to, and of any sinner, there are many mountains of difficulties in the way of it, which the Lord only can remove; great opposition is made by the men of the world to the preaching of the Gospel, the means of it to the work itself, by Satan, who is loathe to lose a subject of his kingdom; and by men themselves, whose carnal minds are enmity to God, and all that is good difficulties arise from the state of deadness, darkness, and hardness of heart men are in before conversion from the corruptions of their nature, and strong habits of sin; from the general depravity of all the powers and faculties of the soul; from the bad company they have got into; or from their own self-righteousness, they are loathe to part with: and when men are called, and a work of God is begun, there are many mountains appear in their way of coming to Christ; as their numerous and aggravated sins, and doubts about the willingness Christ to receive such sinners; but, when God works, nothing can let. Many are the obstructions the saints meet with in their passage, through this world, by reason of a body of sin, Satan's temptations, the world's persecutions, afflictions of various kinds, strait circumstances of life, losses, crosses, and disappointments; unbelief of itself is a mountain, and raises many others; but the Lord makes a way for his people through all; it may be some respect may be had to the spread of the Gospel in the world, and the introduction of latter day glory, and the difficulties in the way thereof, which the Lord has been removing, and will remove. Rome Pagan is one mountain which God has removed; and Rome Papal is another he will, move, with all the antichristian powers; and the Turkish empire is another:
and my highways shall be exalted; Christ is the great highway of all, and next his word and ordinances, which are ways of holiness and righteousness; these may be said to be "exalted", being conspicuous and visible; and, like causeways, or, highways cast up, that are above, and carry over the mire and dirt; so these carry over the mire and dirt of sin and corruption; and may be said to be so when made use of, approved, and valued: or the words may be rendered, "they shall be", or "let them be exalted on my highways" f; that is, his people, being in the exercise of faith, and in the discharge of their duty; see
Psalms 18:33 with these words compare Isaiah 40:3 perhaps this passage may be best explained by Revelation 16:12, where mention is made of the drying up of the river Euphrates, or of the destruction of the Ottoman empire, to make way for the conversion of the eastern nations, prophesied of, among others, in the following verse.
e לדרך "in viam", V. L. Piscator, Montanus, Cocceius; "ut siut pervii", Junius Tremellius "in viam planam", Vitringa. f ומסלותי ירמון "et in aggeribus meis emineant", Junius & Tremellius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And I will make all my mountains a way - I will make all the mountains for a highway; or an even, level way. That is, he would remove all obstructions from their path. The image is taken from the return from Babylon to the land of Palestine, in which God so often promises to make the hills a plain, and the crooked places straight (see the notes at Isaiah 40:4).
And my highways shall be exalted - That is, the way shall be cast up (see Isaiah 57:14; Isaiah 62:10), as when a road is made over valleys and gulf (see the notes at Isaiah 40:4).
