Isaiah 18:3

18:3 All you who live in the world,

who reside on the earth,

you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains;

you will hear a trumpet being blown.

Isaiah 40:3

40:3 A voice cries out,

“In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord;

construct in the desert a road for our God.

Isaiah 48:20

48:20 Leave Babylon!

Flee from the Babylonians!

Announce it with a shout of joy!

Make this known!

Proclaim it throughout the earth! ¹ 

Say, ‘The Lord protects ²  his servant Jacob.

Isaiah 52:11

52:11 Leave! Leave! Get out of there!

Don’t touch anything unclean!

Get out of it!

Stay pure, you who carry the Lord’s holy items! ³ 

Isaiah 57:14

57:14 He says, ⁴ 

“Build it! Build it! Clear a way!

Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”

Exodus 17:15

17:15 Moses built an altar, and he called it “The Lord is my Banner,” ⁵ 

Matthew 22:9

22:9 So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’

Hebrews 12:13

12:13 and make straight paths for your feet, ⁶  so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

[48:20]  ¹ tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

[48:20]  ² tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.

[52:11]  ³ tn Heb “the vessels of the Lord” (so KJV, NAB).

[57:14]  ⁴ tn Since God is speaking throughout this context, perhaps we should emend the text to “and I say.” However, divine speech is introduced in v. 15.

[17:15]  ⁵ sn Heb “Yahweh-nissi” (so NAB), which means “Yahweh is my banner.” Note that when Israel murmured and failed God, the name commemorated the incident or the outcome of their failure. When they were blessed with success, the naming praised God. Here the holding up of the staff of God was preserved in the name for the altar – God gave them the victory.

[12:13]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Prov 4:26. The phrase make straight paths for your feet is figurative for “stay on God’s paths.”