The voice of one crying in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of יהוה ; make straight in the desert a highway for our Elohim.
Sing to Elohim, sing praises to His Name. Raise up a highway for Him Who rides through the deserts, By His Name Yah, And exult before Him.
And there shall be a highway, and a way, and it shall be called “The Way of Set-apartness.” The unclean does not pass over it, but it is for those who walk the way, and no fools wander on it.
“Let every valley be raised, and every mountain and hill made low. And the steep ground shall become level, and the rough places smooth.
“See, I am doing what is new, let it now spring forth. Do you not know it? I am even making a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
“And I shall make all My mountains a way, and My highways raised up.
And one shall say, “Heap it up! Heap it up! Prepare the way, take the stumbling-block out of the way of My people.”
“See, I am sending My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me. Then suddenly the Master you are seeking comes to His Hĕ
He said, “I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of יהוה,’ as the prophet Yeshayahu said.”