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)
4 Every valley shall be raised up,^(D)
    every mountain and hill^(E) made low;
the rough ground shall become level,^(F)
    the rugged places a plain.
⁵ And the glory^(G) of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all people will see it together.^(H)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”^(I)

¹⁶ I will lead^(A) the blind^(B) by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light^(C) before them
    and make the rough places smooth.^(D)
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake^(E) them.

¹⁰ The Lord will lay bare his holy arm^(A)
    in the sight of all the nations,^(B)
and all the ends of the earth^(C) will see
    the salvation^(D) of our God.