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Every valley will be lifted up,
    and every mountain and hill will be lowered;
the rough ground will become level,
    and the mountain ridges made a plain.
Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all humanity will see it at once;
        for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

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A voice says, “Cry out!”
    So I[a] asked, “What am I to cry out?”

“All humanity is grass,
    and all its loyalty[b] is like the flowers of the field.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads he
  2. Isaiah 40:6 Or glory

Every valley shall be raised up,(A)
    every mountain and hill(B) made low;
the rough ground shall become level,(C)
    the rugged places a plain.
And the glory(D) of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all people will see it together.(E)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”(F)

A voice says, “Cry out.”
    And I said, “What shall I cry?”

“All people are like grass,(G)
    and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.

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