Bible Verses About Quotations and Allusions: Luke 3:4, »The voice of one crying in the wilderness...«

A voice cries out: "Clear a road through the desert for ADONAI! Level a highway in the 'Aravah for our God!

Let every valley be filled in, every mountain and hill lowered, the bumpy places made level and the crags become a plain.

Then the glory of ADONAI will be revealed; all humankind together will see it, for the mouth of ADONAI has spoken."

This is the man Yesha`yahu was talking about when he said, "The voice of someone crying out: `In the desert prepare the way of ADONAI! Make straight paths for him!'"

"The voice of someone crying out: `In the desert prepare the way for ADONAI! Make straight paths for him!'"

It was just as had been written in the book of the sayings of the prophet Yesha`yahu, "The voice of someone crying out: `In the desert prepare the way for ADONAI! Make straight paths for him!

Every valley must be filled in, every mountain and hill leveled off; the winding roads must be straightened and the rough ways made smooth.

Then all humanity will see God's deliverance.'"

He answered in the words of Yesha‘yahu the prophet, “I am The voice of someone crying out: ‘In the desert make the way of Adonai straight!’”