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Isaiah 40:3
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness (note: Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: “Prepare the way for the LORD); make a straight highway for our God in the desert (note: LXX make straight the paths of our God; cited in Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:3, Luke 3:4, and John 1:23).