Isa 40:3, Mal 3:1, 4:5-6, Luk 1:15-17, 76, Joh 1:23 | ESV | STEP | A voice cries : In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God .

z ch. 7:27; Mal. 3:1; Matt. 11:10; Mark 1:2

ac ver. 17; ch. 3:4; 7:27; Mal. 3:1; Matt. 3:3; Mark 1:2, 3

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.

Malachi 4:5-6

5 ^j“Behold, I will send you ^kElijah the prophet ^lbefore the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will ^mturn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and ⁿstrike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” ^{▼▼The Hebrew term rendered decree of utter destruction refers to things devoted (or set apart) to the Lord (or by the Lord) for destruction}

Luke 1:15-17

15 for he will be ^pgreat before the Lord. And ^qhe must not drink wine or strong ^rdrink, and ^she will be ^tfilled with the Holy Spirit, ^ueven from his mother’s womb. 16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, 17 and ^vhe will go before him ^win the spirit and power of Elijah, ^xto turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and ^ythe disobedient to the wisdom of the just, ^zto make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

Luke 1:76

76 And you, child, will be called ^aathe prophet of ^abthe Most High;
for ^acyou will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

John 1:23

23 He said, “I am ^adthe voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight ^{▼▼Or crying out, ‘In the wilderness make straight} the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”