For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.

The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Behold, I send My messenger, and He will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord whom you seek shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the Covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He comes, says Jehovah of Hosts.

Behold, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Jehovah.

As it is written in the Prophets: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.

This is he of whom it is written: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.

He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as the prophet Isaiah said.