The voice of one who calls out, *Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
Matthew 3:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For this is he who was spoken of by Yeshaiyahu the prophet, saying, *The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This is he who was mentioned by the prophet Isaiah when he said, The voice of one crying in the wilderness (shouting in the desert), Prepare the road for the Lord, make His highways straight (level, direct). [Isa. 40:3.] American Standard Version (1901) For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. Common English Bible He was the one of whom Isaiah the prophet spoke when he said: The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, “Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight.” Catholic Public Domain Version For this is the one who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, saying: "A voice crying out in the desert: Prepare the way of the Lord. Make straight his paths." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For this is he that was spoken of by Isaias the prophet, saying: A voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. |
The voice of one who calls out, *Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
*Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!* says the LORD of Armies.
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!'*
He will go before him in the spirit and power of Eliyahu, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.*
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Elyon, for you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways,
He said, *I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Yeshaiyahu the prophet said.*