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Isaiah 40

Isa. 40:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Every valley
gay' (Hebrew #1516)
probably (by transmutation) from the same root as 1466 (abbreviated); a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
KJV usage: valley.
Pronounce: gah'-ee
Origin: or (shortened) gay {gah'-ee}
shall be exalted
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
, and every mountain
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
and hill
gib`ah (Hebrew #1389)
a hillock
KJV usage: hill, little hill.
Pronounce: ghib-aw'
Origin: feminine from the same as 1387
shall be made low
shaphel (Hebrew #8213)
to depress or sink (expec. figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
KJV usage: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
Pronounce: shaw-fale'
Origin: a primitive root
: and the crooked
`aqob (Hebrew #6121)
in the original sense, a knoll (as swelling up); in the denominative sense (transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked
KJV usage: crooked, deceitful, polluted.
Pronounce: aw-kobe'
Origin: from 6117
x shall be made φstraight
miyshowr (Hebrew #4334)
from 3474; a level, i.e. a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a properly, name of certain districts); figuratively, concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) justice (sometimes adverbially, justly)
KJV usage: equity, even place, plain, right(-eously), (made) straight, uprightness.
Pronounce: mee-shore'
Origin: or miyshor {mee-shore'}
, and the rough places
rekec (Hebrew #7406)
a mountain ridge (as of tied summits)
KJV usage: rough place.
Pronounce: reh'-kes
Origin: from 7405
χplain
biq`ah (Hebrew #1237)
properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains
KJV usage: plain, valley.
Pronounce: bik-aw'
Origin: from 1234
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Isa. 45:2• 2I will go before thee, and make the elevated places plain; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron; (Isa. 45:2)
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or, a strait place.
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or, a strait place.

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Mountain Mount,
Plain,
Vale; Valley

Cross References

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Isa. 42:11,15‑16• 11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
 15I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
 16And I will bring the blind by a way they know not, in paths they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do to them, and I will not forsake them. (Isa. 42:11,15‑16)
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1 Sam. 2:8• 8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,{HR}And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill,{HR}To set them among princes,{HR}And to make them inherit the throne of glory:{HR}For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's,{HR}And He hath set the world upon them. (1 Sam. 2:8)
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Psa. 113:7‑8• 7He raiseth from the dust the poor one;{HR}From the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,
 8To set with rulers, with nobles of his people. (Psa. 113:7‑8)
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Ezek. 17:24• 24And all the trees of the field shall know that I Jehovah 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 Jehovah have spoken and have done it. (Ezek. 17:24)
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Ezek. 21:26• 26Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; 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. (Ezek. 21:26)
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Luke 1:52‑53• 52He hath put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.
 53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and sent the rich empty away. (Luke 1:52‑53)
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Luke 3:5• 5Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked [places] shall become straight [paths], and the rough places smooth ways. (Luke 3:5)
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Luke 18:14• 14I say unto you, this [man] went down to his house justified rather than that [other]; for everyone who exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 18:14)
every mountain.
Isa. 2:12‑15• 12For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up, and it 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 lofty tower, and upon every fenced wall; (Isa. 2:12‑15)
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Job 40:11‑13• 11Scatter abroad the outbursts of thine anger,{HR}See every proud one, and humble him;
 12See every proud one — make him bow,{HR}And tread down the wicked in their place;
 13Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret: (Job 40:11‑13)
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Isa. 42:16• 16And I will bring the blind by a way they know not, in paths they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do to them, and I will not forsake them. (Isa. 42:16)
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Isa. 45:2• 2I will go before thee, and make the elevated places plain; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron; (Isa. 45:2)
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Prov. 2:15• 15Who in their paths are crooked, and pervert in their course— (Prov. 2:15)
straight.
or, a straight place.
plain.
or, a plain place.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places a plain.

W. Kelly Translation

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Every valley shall be exalted; and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places a plain.