³ The voice of one ^[a]that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.

3 Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; ^[a]and the ^[b]messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.