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NASB					Matt 3:3 For this³⁷⁷⁸ is the ^Aone referred³⁰⁰⁴ to ¹by Isaiah²²⁶⁸ the prophet⁴³⁹⁶ when he said³⁰⁰⁴, "^BTHE VOICE⁵⁴⁵⁶ OF ONE ²CRYING⁹⁹⁴ IN THE WILDERNESS²⁰⁴⁸, '^CMAKE²⁰⁹⁰ READY²⁰⁹⁰ THE WAY³⁵⁹⁸ OF THE LORD²⁹⁶², MAKE⁴¹⁶⁰ HIS PATHS⁵¹⁴⁷ STRAIGHT²¹¹⁷!'"
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 3:3 This is the one who was mentioned by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "THE VOICE OF ONE SHOUTING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'PREPARE THE ROAD FOR THE LORD, ¹MAKE HIS HIGHWAYS STRAIGHT (level, direct)!'" [Is 40:3]

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Or through

Or shouting

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A ruler or nobleman traveling in the wilderness would have a crew of workmen preparing and clearing the road ahead of him. In spiritual terms, the message was clearing the way for the arrival of the Messiah by preparing the hearts of His followers.

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Luke 1:17 "It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, TO TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS BACK TO THE CHILDREN, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

Is 40:3 ¶ A voice is calling,
"Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

John 1:23 He said, "I am A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

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Greek Heb.

994

boaô; from 995; to call out:--called(1), cried(1), cry(1), crying(4), loudly declaring(1), shout(1), shouted(1), shouting(2).

2048

erêmos; a prim. word; solitary, desolate:--desert(2), deserts(1), desolate(6), open pasture(1), secluded(5), unpopulated(1), wilderness(32).

2090

hetoimazô; from 2092; to prepare:--get ready(1), get...ready(1), made ready(1), made...ready(1), make arrangements(1), make ready(4), prepare(11), prepared(20).

2117

euthus; a prim. word used as an adj. or adv.; straight, straightway:--early(1), immediately(52), just then(1), right(2), straight(6).

2268

Esaias; of Heb. or. [3470b]; Isaiah, an Isr. prophet:--Isaiah(22).

2962

kurios; from kuros (authority); lord, master:--lord(10), Lord(626), Lord of lords(2), Lord's(12), lords(1), master(38), master's(3), masters(8), masters'(1), owner(6), owners(1), sir(11), sirs(1).

3004

legô; a prim. vb.; to say:--addressing(1), agree*(1), ask(1), asked(3), asking(4), bring charges(1), call(8), called(34), calling(1), calls(3), claimed(1), claiming(2), command(3), designated(1), follows(1), give(1), gives(1), greeted*(1), made(1), mean(2), means(3), meant(1), mention(1), named(3), ordered(2), quote(1), referred(1), remarking(1), said(1086), say(364), saying(440), says(102), shouting(1), so-called(3), speak(22), speaking(17), speaks(6), spoke(18), spoken(26), stated(1), stating(2), talking(5), tell(71), telling(18), thing spoken(1), things spoken(1), thought(1), told(35), using(1).

3598

hodos; a prim. word; a way, road:--highways(2), journey(7), path(1), paths(1), road(24), roads(1), streets(1), way(54), ways(9).

3778

houtos,
hautê,
touto; prob. from a redupl. of 3588, used as a demonstrative pron.; this:--afterward*(3), especially(1), fact(2), follow*(1), here*(1), hereafter*(1), man(1), now*(1), one(2), one whom(1), partly*(1), person(1), present(1), same(1), so(1), so then*(1), so*(1), some(2), such(2), therefore*(16), these(179), these...things(1), these men(10), these people(1), these things(192), this(737), this man(56), this man's(2), this one(4), this reason*(1), this thing(2), this way(1), this woman(4), this*(1), this...thing(1), those(2), those things(1), very(3), very thing(2), who(2), whom(1).

4160

poieô; a prim. word; to make, do:--accomplished(1), act(4), acted(3), acting(1), acts(2), appointed(3), away*(1), bear(5), bearing(1), bears(3), become(1), bore(1), bring(1), bring...to pass(1), bring about(2), bringing(1), brings forth(1), call(1), carried(1), carries(1), carry(1), cause(3), causes(2), causing(1), commit(2), commits(2), committed(4), composed(1), consider(1), created things(1), dealt(1), did(33), did...do(2), do(170), does(16), does...do(1), doing(38), done(43), establishing(1), execute(4), exercises(1), expose*(1), formed(1), formed a conspiracy(1), forms(1), gave(4), give(4), gives(1), giving(1), have(2), have kept(1), having(1), held(1), indulging(1), keep(3), keeps(1), kept(1), made(38), make(47), makes(7), making(9), observe(2), offer(1), offering(1), perform(4), performed(8), performing(7), performs(1), practice(5), practices(11), practicing(1), present(1), proceeding(1), produce(3), produced(1), produces(2), producing(1), provide(1), put(1), satisfy*(1), setting(1), show(2), showed(1), shown(1), spend(1), spent(4), took(1), treat(6), treated(1), weaker(1), worked(1), working(1).

4396

prophêtês; from a comp. of 4253 and 5346; a prophet (an interpreter or forth-teller of the divine will):--prophet(63), prophets(81).

5147

tribos; from tribô (to rub, thresh out); a beaten track, a path:--paths(3).

5456

phônê; prob. from 5346; a voice, sound:--blasts(1), cry(1), language(1), languages(1), outcry(1), sound(15), sounds(4), statement(1), tone(1), utterance(3), utterances(1), voice(102), voices(7).

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