³ A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
    the way^(G) for the Lord^[a];
make straight^(H) in the desert
    a highway for our God.^[b](I)
4 Every valley shall be raised up,^(J)
    every mountain and hill^(K) made low;
the rough ground shall become level,^(L)
    the rugged places a plain.
⁵ And the glory^(M) of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all people will see it together.^(N)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”^(O)

⁶⁸ “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,^(C)
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.^(D)
69 He has raised up a horn^[a](E) of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David^(F)
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),^(G)
71 salvation from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us—
⁷² to show mercy to our ancestors^(H)
    and to remember his holy covenant,^(I)
73     the oath he swore to our father Abraham:^(J)
74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him^(K) without fear^(L)
75     in holiness and righteousness^(M) before him all our days.

⁷⁶ And you, my child, will be called a prophet^(N) of the Most High;^(O)
    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,^(P)
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,^(Q)
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun^(R) will come to us from heaven
⁷⁹ to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,^(S)
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”^(T)