Isaiah 40:3-5

New Century Version

³ This is the voice of one who calls out:
“Prepare in the desert
    the way for the Lord.
Make a straight road in the dry lands
    for our God.
⁴ Every valley should be raised up,
    and every mountain and hill should be made flat.
The rough ground should be made level,
    and the rugged ground should be made smooth.
⁵ Then the glory of the Lord will be shown,
    and all people together will see it.
The Lord himself said these things.”