²⁷ This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

¹ See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.

² Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

⁷⁶ And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

³ A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.

⁵ See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.

⁶ And by him the hearts of fathers will be turned to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers; for fear that I may come and put the earth under a curse.

¹⁰ This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

¹⁵ For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

¹⁶ And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

¹⁷ And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

²³ He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.