Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
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Gill's Exposition
Every valley shall be filled,.... Luke cites more out of the same prophecy, as relating to the times of John the Baptist, and the Messiah, than the other Evangelists Matthew and Mark do: in the…
On the baptism of John - see the notes at Matt. 3.
Adam Clarke
Every they shall be filled - All hinderances shall be taken out of the way: a quotation from the Greek version of Isa 40:4, containing an allusion to the preparations made in rough countries to…
John's baptism introducing a new dispensation, it was requisite that we should have a particular account of it. Glorious things were said of John, what a distinguished favourite of Heaven he should…
Cambridge Bible
Every valley, &c. The metaphor is derived from pioneers who go before the march of a king. There is a remarkable parallel in Josephus (B. J.iii. 6, § 2), where he is describing the march of Vespasian,…
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