Isaiah 40:3-5

A voice cries:

“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;

    make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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Every valley shall be lifted up,

    and every mountain and hill be made low;

the uneven ground shall become level,

    and the rough places a plain.

5 

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,

    and all flesh shall see it together,

    for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”