Isaiah 40:3
d“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
emake straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Matthew 3:1
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
1 hIn those days iJohn the Baptist came preaching in jthe wilderness of Judea,
Matthew 3:2
John 1:23
23 He said, “I am tthe voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight1 the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”