^3 (A)The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
^(B)“Prepare the way of the Lord;
^(C)Make straight ^[a]in the desert
A highway for our God.

¹⁰ Go through,
Go through the gates!
^(A)Prepare the way for the people;
Build up,
Build up the highway!
Take out the stones,
^(B)Lift up a banner for the peoples!

¹⁵ “Because My people have forgotten ^(A)Me,
They have burned incense to worthless idols.
And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways,
From the ^(B)ancient paths,
To walk in pathways and not on a highway,