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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Isaiah 49:11

And I will make all my mountaines a way, and my high wayes shall be exalted.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Jesus Continued;   Righteous;   Salvation;   Seekers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Helps-Hindrances;   Obstacles Removed;   Way Provided;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Mountains;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Christ, Christology;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Zechariah, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Election;   Micah, Book of;   Righteousness;   Salvation, Saviour;   Servant of the Lord;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Fellowship (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Isa'iah, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Causeway;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Obadiah, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will make all my mountains into a road,and my highways will be raised up.
Hebrew Names Version
I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
King James Version
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
English Standard Version
And I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be raised up.
New American Standard Bible
"I will make all My mountains a road, And My highways will be raised up.
New Century Version
I will make my mountains into roads, and the roads will be raised up.
Amplified Bible
"And I will make all My mountains a roadway, And My highways will be raised.
World English Bible
I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will make all my mountaines, as a way, and my paths shalbe exalted.
Legacy Standard Bible
I will set all My mountains as a road,And My highways will be raised up.
Berean Standard Bible
I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.
Contemporary English Version
I will level the mountains and make roads.
Complete Jewish Bible
I will turn all my mountains into a road, my highways will be raised up.
Darby Translation
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.
Easy-to-Read Version
I will make a road for my people. The mountains will be made flat, and the low roads will be raised.
George Lamsa Translation
And I will make all mountains to be highways, and the highways shall be exalted.
Good News Translation
"I will make a highway across the mountains and prepare a road for my people to travel.
Lexham English Bible
And I will make all my mountains like a road, and my highways shall lead up.
Literal Translation
And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways shall be set on high.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I will make wayes vpon all my mountaynes, and my fote pathes shalbe exalted.
American Standard Version
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
Bible in Basic English
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways shall be raised on high.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I wyll make wayes vpon all my mountaynes, and my footpathes shalbe exalted.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will make every mountain a way, and every path a pasture to them.
English Revised Version
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal sette alle myn hillis in to weie, and my pathis schulen be enhaunsid.
Update Bible Version
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
New English Translation
I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways."
New King James Version
I will make each of My mountains a road, And My highways shall be elevated.
New Living Translation
And I will make my mountains into level paths for them. The highways will be raised above the valleys.
New Life Bible
And I will make all My mountains a road. My straight roads will be raised up.
New Revised Standard
And I will turn all my mountains into a road, and my highways shall be raised up.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then will I make of all my mountains, a road, And my highways, shall be upraised.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my paths shall be exalted.
Revised Standard Version
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.
Young's Literal Translation
And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will make all My mountains a road, And My highways will be raised up.

Contextual Overview

7 Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of Israel, and his holy one, to him whom man dispiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a seruant of rulers; Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord, that is faithfull, and the holy one of Israel, and he shall choose thee. 8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time haue I heard thee, and in a day of saluation haue I helped thee: and I will preserue thee, and giue thee for a couenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherite the desolate heritages: 9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Goe forth; to them that are in darkenesse, Shewe your selues: they shall feede in the wayes, and their pastures shalbe in all high places. 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heate nor sunne smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, euen by the springs of water shall he guide them. 11 And I will make all my mountaines a way, and my high wayes shall be exalted. 12 Behold, these shall come from far: and loe, these from the North and from the West, and these from the land of Sinim.

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

Genesis 49:1
And Iacob called vnto his sonnes, and said, Gather your selues together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last dayes.
Genesis 49:3
Reuben, thou art my first borne, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellencie of dignitie, and the excellencie of power:
1 Kings 4:20
Iudah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merrie.
1 Kings 4:25
And Iudah and Israel dwelt safely, euery man vnder his Uine, and vnder his Figtree, from Dan euen to Beer-sheba, all the dayes of Solomon.
2 Kings 18:32
Untill I come and take you away to a land like your owne land, a land of corne and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oile Oliue, and of honie, that yee may liue, and not die: and hearken not vnto Hezekiah, when hee perswadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliuer vs.
Joel 3:18
And it shall come to passe in that day, that the mountaines shal drop downe new wine, and the hils shall flow with milke, and all the riuers of Iudah shall flow with waters, and a fountaine shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
Micah 4:4
But they shall sit euery man vnder his Uine, and vnder his figgetree, and none shal make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hostes hath spoken it.
Revelation 7:14
And I said vnto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and haue washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lambe.
Revelation 19:18
That yee may eate the flesh of Kings, and the flesh of Captaines, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men both free and bond, both small and great.

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).


 
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