Isaiah 40:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. ”

Isaiah 40:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The voice of him that crieth - Lowth and Noyes render this, ‘A voice crieth,’ and annex the phrase ‘in the wilderness’ to the latter part of the sentence: A voice crieth, ‘In the wilderness pr...
Isaiah 40:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (d) voice of him that crieth in the (e) wilderness, (f) Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. (d) That is, of the prophets. (e) That is, in Babyloni...
Isaiah 40:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Prologue Announcing the End of the Exile. If. The prophet sees in the triumphs of Cyrus the coming fall of Babylon's empire, and a revolution in the fortunes of the exiles. These are God's voice bi...
Isaiah 40:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The voice, &c. Quoted in Matthew 3:3 . Mark 1:3 . Luke 3:4-6 . Joh 1:23. 1 Peter 1:24 . Compare the voice from the temple in Isaiah 6 , concerning the scattering, and this voice outside the...
Isaiah 40:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. A voice crying in the wilderness. He follows out the subject which he had begun, and declares more explicitly that he will send to the people, though apparently ruined, ministers of conso...
Isaiah 40:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. The voice of him that crieth to the wilderness "A voice crieth, In t...
Isaiah 40:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The voice of him that crieth— It is manifest to every reader of this passage, that it exhibits to us the voice of a public herald or harbinger, who, at the approach of an illustrious king, commands...
Isaiah 40:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness. So the Septu...
Isaiah 40:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Restoration from Exile in Babylon On the authorship and date of these Chapter s see Intro. According to their subject matter, they fall naturally into three divisions of almost equal leng...
Isaiah 40:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The voice of him that crieth... — The laws of Hebrew parallelism require a different punctuation: A voice of one crying, In the wilderness, prepare ye ... The passage is memorable as having bee...
Isaiah 40:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER V THE PROLOGUE: THE FOUR HERALD VOICES Isaiah 40:1-11 IT is only Voices which we hear in this Prologue. No forms can be discerned, whether of men or angels, and it is even difficult to...
Isaiah 40:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cry of Jehovah's Herald Isaiah 40:1-8 Voices are ever speaking to us from the infinite; let us heed them. (1.) There is the voice of forgiveness , Isaiah 40:2 . Are you truly penitent? H...
Isaiah 40:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now commence the prophecies of peace, which also fall into three divisions, dealing in turn with the purpose of peace (40-48), the Prince of Peace (49-57), the program of peace (58-66). The fist...
Isaiah 40:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All the Prophets, with one voice, proclaimed the coming Saviour; but John the Baptist was eminently pointed out as the immediate herald and harbinger of our Lord; Matthew 3:1-3 ; Malachi 3:1 . If t...
Isaiah 40:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness ,.... Not the voice of the Holy Ghost, as Jarchi; but of John the Baptist, as is attested by all the evangelists, Matthew 3:3 and by John himself, J...
Isaiah 40:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Ver. 3. The voice of him that crieth. ] See John 1:25 , See Tra...
Isaiah 40:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The voice of him that crieth Or, as the Hebrew may be properly rendered, A voice crieth; an abrupt and imperfect speech, implying, “Methinks I hear a voice;” or, “A voice shall be heard;” in the...
Isaiah 40:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Evangelical Predictions. B. C. 708. 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,...
Isaiah 40:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The voice; an abrupt and imperfect speech, such as there are many in the Hebrew language. Methinks I hear a voice; or, a voice shall be heard. Of him that crieth in the wilderness; which words de...
Isaiah 40:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Preparing of the Way ( Isaiah 40:1-8 ). The humiliation of Assyria has, in Isaiah's eyes, opened up a new opportunity for the future for Judah/Israel. Yahweh has delivered His people, and awai...
Isaiah 40:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

COMFORT FOR THE SUFFERING Isaiah 40:1-5 . Comfort ye, &c. IT is generally agreed that these last twenty-six Chapter s relate to the restoration of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon. T...
Isaiah 40:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:3-5 I. The text teaches us that there are certain things which hinder the spread of the Redeemer's kingdom, spoken of here as valleys, hills, mountains, rough places, and crooked ways. T...
Isaiah 40:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:1-2 . Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath...
Isaiah 40:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:1 . Comfort ye, comfort ye my people. What a sweet voice is this to the church, after all her long afflictions. The words are doubled, to designate the fulness of comfort in the pardon o...
Isaiah 40:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness The Baptist a pattern preacher I. DEPRECIATION OF SELF. Isaiah had predicted simply a “voice”; and John Baptist, accordingly, with a humility whic...
Isaiah 40:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART III . ISAIAH 'S LATER PROPHECIES ( CH . 40-66.). SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION ( Isaiah 40:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Prefatory Remarks THE A...
Isaiah 40:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Word of Comfort and the God of Comfort. The last part of the book of the prophet Isaiah has fitly been called the Book of Comfort, for in its beautiful language and in its exalted visions the...
Isaiah 40:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 11:15 ; Isaiah 11:16 ; Isaiah 35:8 ; Isaiah 43:19 ; Isaiah 49:11 ; Isaiah 57:14 ; Isaiah 62:10 ; Isaiah 62:11 ; John 1:23 ; Luke 1:16 ; Luke 1:17 ; Luke 1:76 ; Luke 1:77 ; Luke 3...
Isaiah 40:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Deity of Christ in Isaiah Isaiah 40:1-11 , Isaiah 40:25-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We suggest a threefold vision of the Deity of Christ as an introduction to the sermon proper. 1. The De...
Isaiah 40:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The voice — An abrupt speech. Methinks I hear a voice. Wilderness — This immediately relates to the deliverance of the Jews out of Babylon, and smoothing their passage from thence to Judea, which l...

Isaiah 40:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 40:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 40:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 40:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 40:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 40:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 40:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 40:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 40:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 40:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 40:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Isaiah 40:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes