40:3 A voice cries out,

“In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord;

build a level road through the rift valley for our God.

4 Every valley must be elevated

and every mountain and hill leveled.

The rough terrain will become a level plain,

the rugged landscape a wide valley.

5 The splendor of the Lord will be revealed,

and all people will see it at the same time.

For the Lord has decreed it.”

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