Isa 40:3-5, Mal 3:1, 4:2-5, Luk 1:17, 76-79, Joh 1:7 | ESV | STEP | A voice cries : In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God .

aaCited from Mal. 4:6

ab Rom. 10:21

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

ad ch. 7:26; 20:6; Matt. 11:9; 14:5

aeSee ver. 32

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

ag[Matt. 26:28; Mark 1:4]

ah Col. 3:12 (Gk.)

ai Mal. 4:2; Eph. 5:14; 2 Pet. 1:19

ajSee ver. 68

al ch. 24:49

am Isa. 9:2; Matt. 4:16; [Acts 26:18]; See John 8:12

an Ps. 107:10; Isa. 42:7

ao Rom. 3:17

apSee ch. 2:14

aq ch. 3:26; 5:33

ar Acts 19:4

Isaiah 40:3-5

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.
4 ^eEvery 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 ^fAnd the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
^gfor the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Malachi 3:1

1 ^h“Behold, I send ⁱmy messenger, and ^jhe will prepare the way before me. And the Lord ^kwhom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ^lthe messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 4:2-5

2 But for you ^mwho fear my name, ⁿthe sun ^oof righteousness shall rise ^pwith healing in its wings. You shall go out ^qleaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, ^ron the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.

4 ^s“Remember ^tthe law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules ^{▼▼Or and just decrees} that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.

5 ^v“Behold, I will send you ^wElijah the prophet ^xbefore the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

Luke 1:17

17 and ^yhe will go before him ^zin the spirit and power of Elijah, ^aato turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and ^abthe disobedient to the wisdom of the just, ^acto make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

Luke 1:76-79

76 And you, child, will be called ^adthe prophet of ^aethe Most High;
for ^afyou will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
^agin the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the ^ahtender mercy of our God,
whereby ^aithe sunrise shall ^ajvisit us ^{▼▼Or when the sunrise shall dawn upon us; some manuscripts since the sunrise has visited us} ^alfrom on high
79 to ^amgive light to ^anthose who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into ^aothe way of ^appeace.”

John 1:7

7 He came as a ^aqwitness, to bear witness about the light, ^arthat all might believe through him.