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Isaiah 57:14

And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

KJV

Et dicam : Viam facite, præbete iter ; declinate de semita, auferte offendicula de via populi mei.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐροῦσιν Καθαρίσατε ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ὁδούς, καὶ ἄρατε σκῶλα ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ τοῦ λαοῦ μου.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/אָמַ֥ר סֹֽלּוּ סֹ֖לּוּ פַּנּוּ דָ֑רֶךְ הָרִ֥ימוּ מִכְשׁ֖וֹל מִ/דֶּ֥רֶךְ עַמִּֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הָ
h
verb · 12×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִּ֤פֶן
ypn
verb · 135×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מִכְשׁ֣וֹל
mkshvl
noun · 14×
רָ֖ם
rm
verb · 189×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

What is the form of this sacrament? Is the form for the consecration of the bread appropriate? Is the form for the consecration of the blood appropriate? The power of each form The truth of the expression The comparison of the one form with the other Article 1. Whether this is the form of this sacrament: "This is My body," and "This is the chalice of My blood"? Objection 1. It …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:23 — But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
  • 1Cor 8:9 — But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
  • 1Cor 8:13 — Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
  • 1Cor 10:32 — Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
  • 2Cor 6:3 — Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
  • Col 2:14 — Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
  • Heb 12:13 — And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
  • Isa 11:16 — And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
  • Isa 35:3 — Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
  • Isa 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 ther
  • Isa 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 ther
  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 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.
  • Jer 18:15 — Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
  • Jer 18:15 — Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
  • Jer 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,
  • Luke 3:4 — As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  • Luke 3:5 — Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
  • Matt 3:3 — For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  • Matt 7:14 — Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
  • Ps 119:165 — Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
  • Rom 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.
  • Rom 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.