Isa 40:3, Mal 3:1 | ESV | STEP | A voice cries : In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God .

Isaiah 40:3

3 ^aA voice cries: ^{▼▼Or A voice of one crying}
^c“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
^dmake straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Malachi 3:1

1 ^e“Behold, I send ^fmy messenger, and ^ghe will prepare the way before me. And the Lord ^hwhom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ⁱthe messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.