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Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”
Isaiah 40:5 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
  • BSB And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
  • NKJV The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
  • NASB Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
  • NLT Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together. The Lord has spoken!”

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Quick answer

God's glory will be revealed for all humanity to see, guaranteed by the certainty of His own word.

Overview

The climax of the highway-preparation oracle (40:3-5): when the Lord comes, His glory becomes visible to all flesh, not Israel alone. The closing assurance 'the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it' grounds the promise in God's unfailing word. The New Testament applies this passage to John the Baptist preparing the way for Christ (Luke 3:4-6), in whom the glory of God was supremely revealed.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 30

  • Hab 2:14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of Yahweh’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.
  • Isa 52:10Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  • Joel 2:28“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
  • Luke 3:6All flesh will see God’s salvation.’”
  • 2 Cor 4:6seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Isa 60:1“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
  • Acts 2:17‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
  • Isa 11:9They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
  • John 1:14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
  • Ps 72:19Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
  • Isa 58:14then you shall delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father:” for Yahweh’s mouth has spoken it.
  • Isa 6:3One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”
  • Rev 21:23The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
  • Isa 66:23It shall happen that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh will come to worship before me,” says Yahweh.
  • Heb 1:3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
  • Isa 35:2It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God.
  • Zech 2:13Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”
  • Isa 1:20but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”
  • John 12:41Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
  • 2 Cor 3:18But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
  • Isa 49:6Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel? I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
  • Ps 96:6Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
  • Mic 4:4But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has spoken.
  • Jer 9:12Who is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
  • John 17:2even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
  • Ps 102:16For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
  • Isa 66:16For Yahweh will execute judgment by fire and by his sword on all flesh; and those slain by Yahweh will be many.
  • Jer 32:27“Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
  • Luke 2:10–14The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.
  • Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”

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Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 40:5 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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