Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness;^(A)
make a straight highway for our God in the desert.^(B)

⁷⁶ And you, child, will be called
a prophet of the Most High,^(A)
for you will go before the Lord
to prepare his ways,^(B)

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make his paths straight!