³ A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
    the way^(A) for the Lord^[a];
make straight^(B) in the desert
    a highway for our God.^[b](C)

¹⁵ “As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
    I will show them my wonders.^(A)”

¹⁶ Nations will see and be ashamed,^(B)
    deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths^(C)
    and their ears will become deaf.
¹⁷ They will lick dust^(D) like a snake,
    like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling^(E) out of their dens;
    they will turn in fear^(F) to the Lord our God
    and will be afraid of you.

¹⁸ Who is a God^(A) like you,
    who pardons sin^(B) and forgives^(C) the transgression
    of the remnant^(D) of his inheritance?^(E)
You do not stay angry^(F) forever
    but delight to show mercy.^(G)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities^(H) into the depths of the sea.^(I)

¹⁷ “‘In the last days, God says,
    I will pour out my Spirit on all people.^(A)
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,^(B)
    your young men will see visions,
    your old men will dream dreams.

¹⁹ I will show wonders in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,^(A)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.