Isaiah 40:3

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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.

In those days John the Baptist appeared, and preached in the desert of Judea.

As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare your way;

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, a message from God came to Zechariah's son John in the desert.

and he will turn many of Israel's descendants to the Lord their God.

This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare the road ahead of you.'

Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready, Make his paths straight,' "

and he will turn many of Israel's descendants to the Lord their God.