A voice of one crying out:

Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness;(A)
make a straight highway for our God in the desert.(B)
Every valley will be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill will be leveled;
the uneven ground will become smooth
and the rough places, a plain.(C)
And the glory of the Lord will appear,(D)
and all humanity[a] together will see it,(E)
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 40:5 Lit flesh

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