ISAIAH 40:1-31 NLT TEXT NOTES

*Isa 40:5 Greek version reads He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, / “Prepare the way for the LORD’s coming! / Clear a road for our God! / Fill in the valleys, / and level the mountains and hills. / And then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, / and all people will see the salvation sent from God. / The LORD has spoken!” Compare Matt 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4-6.

*Isa 40:9 Or O messenger of good news, shout to Zion from the mountaintops! Shout it louder to Jerusalem.

*Isa 40:13 Greek version reads Who can know the LORD’s thoughts? Compare Rom 11:34; 1 Cor 2:16.