Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness;^(A)
make a straight highway for our God in the desert.^(B)

See, I am sending my messenger^(C) ahead of you;
he will prepare your way.^{[b][c] (D)}

⁷⁶ And you, child, will be called
a prophet of the Most High,^(A)
for you will go before the Lord
to prepare his ways,^(B)