Bible Strands
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!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses the people of Zion at the moment of their return from exile, bracketed by the harvest in holy courts (v. 9) and the announcement that the Savior comes with His reward (v. 11).
The words — עִבְר֤וּ (ʿivru, "pass through," H5674) is doubled as a command, and סֹ֣לּוּ (sōllû, "build up," H5549) is doubled in the same way, giving the verse its urgent, repetitive drive.
The thread — The "prepare the way" command echoes Isaiah 40:3 and Isaiah 57:14, and the straight-path imagery resurfaces in Hebrews 12:13.
Why it lands — The verse assigns the reader a task: remove what blocks the road and make the highway passable, not merely await the one who is coming.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 57:14 And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
- Isaiah 40:3 A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- Hebrews 12:13 Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
- Isaiah 49:22 This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
- Isaiah 11:10 On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
- Matthew 22:9 Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
- Exodus 17:15 And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
- Isaiah 11:12 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
- Isaiah 18:3 All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.
- Isaiah 11:16 There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.