Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And it will be said: “Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.” New Living Translation God says, “Rebuild the road! Clear away the rocks and stones so my people can return from captivity.” English Standard Version And it shall be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people’s way.” Berean Standard Bible And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.” King James Bible And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. New King James Version And one shall say, “Heap it up! Heap it up! Prepare the way, Take the stumbling block out of the way of My people.” New American Standard Bible And it will be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, Remove every obstacle from the way of My people.” NASB 1995 And it will be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, Remove every obstacle out of the way of My people.” NASB 1977 And it shall be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, Remove every obstacle out of the way of My people.” Legacy Standard Bible And it will be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, Remove every stumbling block out of the way of My people.” Amplified Bible And it will be said, “Build up, build up, clear the way. Remove the stumbling block out of the way [of the spiritual return] of My people.” Christian Standard Bible He said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, remove every obstacle from my people’s way.” Holman Christian Standard Bible He said,” Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, remove every obstacle from My people’s way.” American Standard Version And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they will say: "Make clear, restore the road and lift up the stumbling stones from the road of my people" Brenton Septuagint Translation And they shall say, Clear the ways before him, and take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people. Contemporary English Version The LORD says, "Clear the road! Get it ready for my people." Douay-Rheims Bible And I will say: Make a way: give free passage, turn out of the path, take away the stumblingblocks out of the way of my people. English Revised Version And he shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. GOD'S WORD® Translation It will be said: "Build a road! Build a road! Prepare the way! Remove every obstacle in the way of my people!" Good News Translation The LORD says, "Let my people return to me. Remove every obstacle from their path! Build the road and make it ready! International Standard Version And one has said: 'Build up! Build up the road! Prepare the highway! Remove every obstacle from my people's way.' JPS Tanakh 1917 And He will say: Cast ye up, cast ye up, clear the way, Take up the stumblingblock out of the way of My people. Literal Standard Version And He has said, “Raise up, raise up, prepare a way, | Lift a stumbling-block out of the way of My people.” Majority Standard Bible And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.” New American Bible And I say: Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstacle from my people’s way. NET Bible He says, "Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!" New Revised Standard Version It shall be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people’s way.” New Heart English Bible He will say, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people." Webster's Bible Translation And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people. World English Bible He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.” Young's Literal Translation And he hath said, 'Raise up, raise up, prepare a way, Lift a stumbling-block out of the way of My people.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Healing for the Repentant14And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.” 15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.… Cross References Psalm 68:4 Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds--His name is the LORD--and rejoice before Him. Isaiah 62:10 Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations! Jeremiah 18:15 Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway. Treasury of Scripture And shall say, Cast you up, cast you up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people. cast Isaiah 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. Isaiah 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 62:10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. take Romans 14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. 1 Corinthians 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 1 Corinthians 8:9,13 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak… Jump to Previous Build Cast Clear High Obstacle Obstacles People's Prepare Raise Ready Remove Road Stumblingblock Stumbling-Block Stumbling-Blocks WayJump to Next Build Cast Clear High Obstacle Obstacles People's Prepare Raise Ready Remove Road Stumblingblock Stumbling-Block Stumbling-Blocks WayIsaiah 57 1. The blessed death of the righteous3. God reproves the People for their idolatry 13. He gives promises of mercy to the penitent (14) And shall say . . .--Better, And one said. The prophet hears, as it were, a voice behind him, bringing an oracle from Heaven, which renews the cry of the herald in Isaiah 40:3. The verb, cast up, points to the construction of the "highway" of a spiritual return, from which all impediments are removed.Verse 14. - And shall say; rather, and one said. The prophet hears a voice, saying, Cast ye up, cast ye up; i.e. make a highway to the holy mountain by heaping up material (Isaiah 62:10); and, having made it, remove every obstruction from the path of my (righteous) people. The voice is, probably, an angelic one. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And it will be said,וְאָמַ֥ר (wə·’ā·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Build it up, סֹֽלּוּ־ (sōl·lū-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5549: To mound up, to exalt, to oppose build it up, סֹ֖לּוּ (sōl·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5549: To mound up, to exalt, to oppose prepare פַּנּוּ־ (pan·nū-) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look the way, דָ֑רֶךְ (ḏā·reḵ) Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action take הָרִ֥ימוּ (hā·rî·mū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise every obstacle מִכְשׁ֖וֹל (miḵ·šō·wl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4383: A stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, a stumbling block out of the way מִדֶּ֥רֶךְ (mid·de·reḵ) Preposition-m | Noun - common singular construct Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action of My people.” עַמִּֽי׃ (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Links Isaiah 57:14 NIVIsaiah 57:14 NLT Isaiah 57:14 ESV Isaiah 57:14 NASB Isaiah 57:14 KJV Isaiah 57:14 BibleApps.com Isaiah 57:14 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 57:14 Chinese Bible Isaiah 57:14 French Bible Isaiah 57:14 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 57:14 He will say Cast up cast up (Isa Isi Is) |