The Meaning of Isaiah 40:4 Explained

Isaiah 40:4

KJV: Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

YLT: Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place hath become a plain, And the entangled places a valley.

Darby: Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places a plain.

ASV: Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:

Discover Isaiah 40:4

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 40:4?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 40:4 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 40:4 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 40:4?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Every valley  shall be exalted,  and every mountain  and hill  shall be made low:  and the crooked  shall be made straight,  and the rough places  plain: 

What does Isaiah 40:4 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 40:1-8 - The Cry Of Jehovah's Herald
Voices are ever speaking to us from the infinite; let us heed them.
(1.) There is the voice of forgiveness, Isaiah 40:2. Are you truly penitent? Have you put away your sin? Have you meekly accepted the chastening rod? Then be of good cheer, this promise is for you. The time of hard service as a conscript (the literal rendering) is accomplished, your iniquity is pardoned, you have received double for all your sins. God speaks comfortably to your heart, that you may be able to comfort others as He does you, 2 Corinthians 1:4.
(2.) The voice of deliverance, Isaiah 40:3-4. Between Babylon and Canaan lay a great desert of thirty days' journey with mountain ranges, yawning gulfs. But when God arises to deliver His children, "who cry day and night unto Him," crooked places straighten out, rough ones become smooth, and mountains disappear.
(3.) The voices of decay, Isaiah 40:6-8. The one herald, speaking from his observation of human mortality, describes man and his glory as the "flower of the field." But in contrast to this, another voice seems to break in with the eternal word of God, which stands forever. The precepts, promises, and invitations of the gospel are as sure as God's throne, 1 Peter 1:25. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 40

1  The promulgation of the Gospel
3  The preaching of John Baptist foretold
9  The preaching of the apostles foretold
12  The prophet, by the omnipotence of God
18  And his incomparableness
26  Comforts the people

What do the individual words in Isaiah 40:4 mean?

Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low and shall be made the crooked places straight and the rough places smooth
כָּל־ גֶּיא֙ יִנָּשֵׂ֔א וְכָל־ הַ֥ר וְגִבְעָ֖ה יִשְׁפָּ֑לוּ וְהָיָ֤ה הֶֽעָקֹב֙ לְמִישׁ֔וֹר וְהָרְכָסִ֖ים לְבִקְעָֽה

כָּל־  Every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
גֶּיא֙  valley 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: גַּיְא  
Sense: valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge.
יִנָּשֵׂ֔א  shall  be  exalted 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
וְכָל־  and  every 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַ֥ר  mountain 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
וְגִבְעָ֖ה  and  hill 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּבְעָה  
Sense: hill.
יִשְׁפָּ֑לוּ  brought  low 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁפֵל  
Sense: to be or become low, sink, be humbled, be abased.
וְהָיָ֤ה  and  shall  be  made 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הֶֽעָקֹב֙  the  crooked  places 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: עָקֹב 
Sense: deceitful, sly, insidious.
לְמִישׁ֔וֹר  straight 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִישֹׁור  
Sense: level place, uprightness.
וְהָרְכָסִ֖ים  and  the  rough  places 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: רֶכֶס  
Sense: roughness or bound up, impeded, the impassable or mountain chain, rough place.
לְבִקְעָֽה  smooth 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: בִּקְעָה  
Sense: valley.

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