“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
    make his paths straight.^(A)
5 Every valley shall be filled,
    and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
and the crooked shall be made straight,
    and the rough ways made smooth,

³ A voice cries out:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
    make straight in the desert a highway for our God.^(A)
4 Every valley shall be lifted up,
    and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
    and the rough places a plain.^(B)
5 Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
    and all flesh shall see it together,
    for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”