Isaiah 40:5

"Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain."

Key Reflection

This verse metaphorically describes the transformation required for spiritual readiness. Just as physical landscapes are leveled for a journey, so too must hearts and minds be prepared—leveling out unevenness and smoothing over rough places to make way for God's presence and His word to take root.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And the glory of the Lord -The phrase here means evidently the majesty, power, or honor of Yahweh. He would display his power, and show himself to be a covenant-keeping God, by delivering his people from their bondage, and reconducting them to their own land. This glory and faithfulness would be shown in his delivering them from their captivity in Babylon; and it would be still more illustriously shown in his sending the Messiah to accomplish the deliverance of his people in later days. And all flesh -All human beings. The word ‘flesh’ is often used to denote human nature, or mankind in generalGenesis 6:12;Psalms 65:3;Psalms 145:21.

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