^3 (D)A voice cries:^[b]
(E)“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
    ^(F)make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
^4 (G)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.
^5 (H)And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
    and all flesh shall see it together,
    ^(I)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

^68 (A)“Blessed be the Lord ^(B)God of Israel,
    for he has ^(C)visited and ^(D)redeemed his people
⁶⁹ and ^(E)has raised up ^(F)a horn of salvation for us
    ^(G)in the house of his servant David,
^70 (H)as ^(I)he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
^71 (J)that we should be saved from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us;
^72 (K)to show the mercy promised to our fathers
    and ^(L)to remember his holy ^(M)covenant,
^73 (N)the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
⁷⁴     that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him ^(O)without fear,
^{75     (P)}in holiness and righteousness before him ^(Q)all our days.
⁷⁶ And you, child, will be called ^(R)the prophet of ^(S)the Most High;
    for ^(T)you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
⁷⁷ to give knowledge of salvation to his people
    ^(U)in the forgiveness of their sins,
⁷⁸ because of the ^(V)tender mercy of our God,
    whereby ^(W)the sunrise shall ^(X)visit us^{[a] (Y)}from on high
⁷⁹ to ^(Z)give light to ^(AA)those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    to guide our feet into ^(AB)the way of ^(AC)peace.”