Isaiah 57:14
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.'

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Context
Healing for the Repentant
14And 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…

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Isaiah 57
1. The blessed death of the righteous
3. God reproves the People for their idolatry
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(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


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