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Voice in the Wilderness
Voice in the Wilderness or a lone voice in the wilderness is an English idiom for someone who expresses an idea or opinion that is not popular or that the individual is the sole person expressing that particular opinion with the suggestion that the opinion is then ignored.
It is from the King James Bible, Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:3, Luke 3:4 John 1:23 “… voice of one crying in the wilderness …” and Isaiah 40:3 “The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness …”.
A phrase used in the Gospels to refer to John the Baptist. It is quoted from the Book of Isaiah; the full text reads: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.” The quotation is used to imply that John was preparing the way for Jesus, as foretold by the prophecy of Isaiah.
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What the Bible says about Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness
Isaiah 40:3-5
Isaiah begins with “the voice of one crying in the wilderness.” The voice prophesied was that of John the Baptist, which Scripture confirms in Malachi 3:1; Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:2-3; Luke 3:4; and John 1:23. Who would John be speaking to, proclaiming his message of repentance? To all who would “hear” him! Those “who have ears to hear” (see Matthew 13:9, 43, etc.), which would be all those with whom God is working, His firstfruits!
The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
3. “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight [a]in the desert A highway for our God.
4. Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made [b]straight And the rough places smooth;
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5. The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
6. The voice said, “Cry out!” And [c]he said, “What shall I cry?”
“All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7. The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.
8. The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.”
What did that “voice” say? What did he call on his audience to do? “[P]repare the way of the LORD.” The instruction becomes more specific: “. . . make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill shall be made low, the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough places smooth.” Filling up valleys and removing the tops of mountains seems like a lot of work for one man. This is where the firstfruits come in. Why are we to do this? So that “the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”
Albert Barnes, in his commentary on Isaiah written in 1851, remarks on these verses:
The idea is taken from the practice of Eastern monarchs, who, whenever they entered on a journey or an expedition, especially through a barren and unfrequented or inhospitable country, sent harbingers [forerunners] or heralds before them to prepare the way. To do this, it was necessary for them to provide supplies, and make bridges, or find fording places over the streams; to level hills, and construct causeways over valleys, or fill them up; and to make a way through the forest which might lie in their intended line of march.
Those who went before, to mark and improve the route, were the forerunners. They were “the scouts, the pioneers, the ones sent before a king to prepare the way,” as forerunner is defined. Recall Daniel Boone and his party of thirty expert woodsmen laying out a 200-mile-long route. Over time, as more people came over the trail, it was improved, widened, and smoothed. It all began, however, with one man. That man then led others, and it multiplied from there.
John the Baptist was one man “crying in the wilderness,” yet he prepared the way for the Son of God. Each of us, in our daily lives, interacts with family, coworkers, neighbors, and others who may know little or nothing of God and His Word. Our words and deeds could well pave the way for any of them to answer God’s call at another time. Each of us has opportunities to set an example that will affect their lives, hopefully in a positive way. In this way, each of us is a forerunner, marking and improving the trail through the conduct of our lives.
The 40th chapter of Isaiah is very beautiful. It is a poem about the time and coming of Christ (Isaiah 40:1-11), followed by an exhortation to recognize him as the likeness and true image of Almighty God (Isaiah 40:12-31,Colossians 1:15,Hebrews 1:3). The first part foretells a “voice calling” to prepare the way for the coming of Christ the Lord. (Isaiah 40:3). This will occupy our attention in this lesson.
We observe in the gospel of John that John the Baptizer himself testifies that he is the “voice crying in the wilderness” of whom Isaiah spoke.
John the Baptizer was a special herald of Christ the Lord. His preaching in the wilderness paved the way for the ministry of Jesus Christ. Jesus was of much higher rank than John. John’s ministry was to prepare people for Christ, and lead them to Christ. John himself was clear about this (John 1:15,19-23,29-36).
John is a Model for Today
The story of John the Baptizer is of great encouragement to us. He was a voice quite literally crying in the wilderness, since he preached in the wilderness of Judea (Matthew 3:1). However it is evident that there was in his time a religious or spiritual wilderness too. The people were in confusion much as people are today.
Preparing People for the Lord
John the Batist’s preaching turned many sinners to righteousness and made “a people prepared for the Lord”(Luke 1:16-17). He prepared the people for Christ’s first coming. It is our job to prepare the world for Christ’s second coming (Matthew 28:18-20).
Origin
The phrase originates in the gospels referring to John the Baptist in the Book of Isaiah. “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.” John, in this time, was preparing for the way for Jesus as predicted in the prophecy of Isaiah. In the modern times, this phrase is being used to express an unpopular idea.
a voice crying in the wilderness
“The way I looked alienated a lot of people,” Barry says. “I’ve seen films of myself and seen the faces I made. I looked terrible.” He closes his eyes to the memory and shakes his head. “I acted like, a jerk. Did a lot of stupid things. Opened my big mouth and said a lot of things that upset and hurt people. I was an easy person to hate. And I can understand that. I tell kids, There’s nothing wrong with playing the way Rick Barry played, but don’t act the way Rick Barry acted.’ I tell my own kids, ‘Do as I say, not as I did.’ ”
What bothers him isn’t that he’s not beloved.
“It bothers me,” Barry says, “that I’m not even liked.”
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