¹⁰ This is he of whom it is written,

3 ^(A)“Behold, I send ^(B)my messenger, and ^(C)he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord ^(D)whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ^(E)the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

^5 (A)“Behold, I will send you ^(B)Elijah the prophet ^(C)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

^2 (A)As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,^[a]

²⁶ What then did you go out to see? ^(A)A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is he of whom it is written,

²³ He said, “I am ^(A)the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight^[a] the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”

³ For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,