 | Jonathan Aitken - 2007 - 402 pages
...illuminating to see how he treated the Messiah's opening aria, taken from Isaiah 40:4, "Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight and the rough places plain." Newton said that the words "every valley shall be exalted" symbolized the low esteem and condition... | |
 | William Sloane Coffin - 2008 - 630 pages
...the prophet wrote, which so inspired Handel. Yes, as the tenor goes on to sing, "Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low: the crooked straight, and the rough places plain." And the whole chorus sings, "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it... | |
 | Lawrence Wood - 2008 - 210 pages
...Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low; the crooked straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. The people that walked... | |
 | International Musical Society - 1908 - 512 pages
...den Herrn, macht fer' ' ™- *' Hoch-bahn un - serm Gott ! Ec'ry valley shall be exalted and ev'ry mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight and the rough places plain. L beginnt Alle Thäle r sollen erhöhet werden, B Alle Thaïe erhöhet! PC sinnlos Alle Tale macht... | |
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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. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight and the rough places plain... 
