“For this is he of whom it was written, ‘See, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You.’
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of יהוה ; make straight in the desert a highway for our Elohim.
“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
“See, I am sending you Ě
“Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than Yoḥ
and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Yeshayahu, saying, “A voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of יהוה, make His paths straight.’ ”
As it has been written in the Prophets, “See, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You,
“And you, child, shall be called prophet of the Most High, for you shall go before the face of יהוה to prepare His ways,
He said, “I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of יהוה,’ as the prophet Yeshayahu said.”