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NASB					Mark 1:3 ^ATHE VOICE⁵⁴⁵⁶ OF ONE CRYING⁹⁹⁴ IN THE WILDERNESS²⁰⁴⁸, 'MAKE²⁰⁹⁰ READY²⁰⁹⁰ THE WAY³⁵⁹⁸ OF THE LORD²⁹⁶², MAKE⁴¹⁶⁰ HIS PATHS⁵¹⁴⁷ STRAIGHT²¹¹⁷.'"
AMPLIFIED 2015					Mark 1:3 A VOICE OF ONE SHOUTING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD, ¹MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT!'" [Is 40:3]

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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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, John the Baptist was clearing the way for the arrival of the Messiah by preparing the hearts of his followers.

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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.

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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).

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).

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).

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).

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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