Albert Barnes Commentary Isaiah 49:11

Albert Barnes Commentary

Isaiah 49:11

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Isaiah 49:11

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted." — Isaiah 49:11 (ASV)

And I will make all my mountains a way - I will make all the mountains for a highway, or an even, level way. That is, he would remove all obstructions from their path. The image is taken from the return from Babylon to the land of Palestine, in which God so often promises to make the hills a plain, and the crooked places straight (see the notes at Isaiah 40:4).

And my highways shall be exalted - That is, the way shall be cast up (Isaiah 62:10), as when a road is made over valleys and gulfs (see the notes at Isaiah 40:4).