Mattityahu 3:1-2 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

1. Now in those days Yochanan of the tevilah of teshuva appears, preaching, crying out as a maggid (preacher) [for the Moshiach] in the midbar (wilderness) of Yehudah,

2. saying, Make teshuva, for the Malchut HaShomayim has come near.