3. A voice cries out in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of Adonai, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4. Every valley will be lifted up, every mountain and hill made low, the rough ground will be a plain and the rugged terrain smooth.
5. The glory of Adonai will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together.” For the mouth of Adonai has spoken.
6. A voice is saying, “Cry out!” So I said, “What shall I cry out?” “All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7. The grass withers, the flower fades. For the breath of Adonai blows on it. Surely the people are grass.
8. The grass withers, the flower fades. But the word of our God stands forever.”
9. Get yourself up on a high mountain, you who bring good news to Zion! Lift up your voice with strength, you who bring good news to Jerusalem! Lift it up! Do not fear! Say to the cities of Judah: “Behold your God!”
10. Look, Adonai Elohim comes with might, with His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.