Highway: A raised road for public use. Such roads were not found in Palestine;
hence the force of the language used to describe the return of the
captives and the advent of the Messiah
(Isaiah 11:16; 35:8; 40:3; 62:10)
under the figure of the preparation of a grand thoroughfare for their
march. During their possession of Palestine the Romans constructed
several important highways, as they did in all countries which they
ruled.
