40:4 Every valley must be elevated,
and every mountain and hill leveled.
The rough terrain will become a level plain,
the rugged landscape a wide valley.
40:5 The splendor 1 of the Lord will be revealed,
and all people 2 will see it at the same time.
For 3 the Lord has decreed it.” 4
1 tn Or “glory.” The Lord’s “glory” is his theophanic radiance and royal splendor (see Isa 6:3; 24:23; 35:2; 60:1; 66:18-19).
2 tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NAB, NIV “mankind”; TEV “the whole human race.”
3 tn Or “indeed.”
4 tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord has spoken” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).