Luke 3:5 Cross References - NSB

⁵ »Every valley shall be filled. Every mountain and hill shall be brought low. The crooked shall become straight and the rough ways smooth.

¹¹ The arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be brought down. On that day Jehovah alone will be exalted. ¹² All who are proud will be humbled. Jehovah of Hosts will have his day against all who are arrogant and conceited. ¹³ It will also be against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan, ¹⁴ against all the high mountains and all the lofty hills, ¹⁵ against every high tower and every fortified wall, ¹⁶ and also against all the large ships of Tarshish and all the beautiful boats. ¹⁷ Then arrogant people will be brought down. High and mighty people will be humiliated. On that day Jehovah alone will be honored.

⁶ The lame will leap and dance, and those who cannot speak will shout for joy. Streams of water will flow through the desert plain. ⁷ The parched ground will become a lake, and dry land will be filled with springs. Marsh grass and reeds will grow where jackals used to live. ⁸ There will be a highway there, called: »The Road of Holiness.« No sinner will ever travel that road. No fools will mislead those who follow it.

⁴ »Every valley will be raised up! Every mountain and hill made low. The rough ground will become level and the rugged places a plain.

¹⁶ »I will lead my blind people by roads they have never traveled. I will turn their darkness into light and make rough country smooth before them. I will keep my promises without fail.«

¹¹ »I will make all my mountains a road. My highways will be raised up.

² »I will go ahead of you, Cyrus. I will smooth out the rough places. I will break down the copper doors and cut through the iron bars.

¹ The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah has anointed me to announce good news to the lowly and meek. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners. ² To proclaim the favorable Year of Jehovah and the day of vengeance of our God. To comfort all who mourn, ³ to present a garland, instead of ashes, to those who mourn in Zion, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. They will be called oaks of righteousness. They are the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.

²⁴ ‘»Every tree in the forest will know that I, Jehovah, can bring down tall trees and help short ones grow. I dry up green trees and make dry ones green. I, Jehovah, have spoken, and I will keep my word.«’«

⁵¹ »He shows strength with his arm. He scatters the proud in the thoughts of their heart. ⁵² »He removes rulers from their thrones and exalts the humble. ⁵³ »He fills the hungry with good things and sends the rich away empty handed.

¹² Lift up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees. ¹³ Make straight paths for your feet. Let that which is lame be turned out of the way, but rather let it be healed.

⁹ Let the brother of humble circumstances glory in his high position (exaltation).