16 There will be a highway(A) for the remnant(B) of his people
    that is left from Assyria,(C)
as there was for Israel
    when they came up from Egypt.(D)

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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.

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16 (A)There will be a highway for the remnant of His people
Who will be left from Assyria,
(B)As it was for Israel
In the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.

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The highways are deserted,
    no travelers(A) are on the roads.(B)
The treaty is broken,(C)
    its witnesses[a] are despised,
    no one is respected.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:8 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / the cities

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

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(A)The highways lie waste,
The traveling man ceases.
(B)He has broken the covenant,
[a]He has despised the [b]cities,
He regards no man.

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  1. Isaiah 33:8 Tg. They have been removed from their cities
  2. Isaiah 33:8 So with MT, Vg.; DSS witnesses; LXX omits cities

21 “Set up road signs;
    put up guideposts.(A)
Take note of the highway,(B)
    the road that you take.
Return,(C) Virgin(D) Israel,
    return to your towns.

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21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

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21 “Set up signposts,
Make landmarks;
(A)Set your heart toward the highway,
The way in which you went.
[a]Turn back, O virgin of Israel,
Turn back to these your cities.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:21 Or Return

The Narrow and Wide Gates

13 “Enter through the narrow gate.(A) For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

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13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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The Narrow Way(A)

13 (B)“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 [a]Because narrow is the gate and [b]difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 7:14 NU, M How narrow . . . !
  2. Matthew 7:14 confined