3 A voice proclaims:In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord!Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!
4 Every valley shall be lifted up,every mountain and hill made low;The rugged land shall be a plain,the rough country, a broad valley.
5 Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,and all flesh shall see it together;for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
6 A voice says, “Proclaim!”I answer, “What shall I proclaim?”“All flesh is grass,and all their loyalty like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower wilts,when the breath of the Lord blows upon it.”“Yes, the people is grass!
8 The grass withers, the flower wilts,but the word of our God stands forever.”
9 Go up onto a high mountain,Zion, herald of good news!Cry out at the top of your voice,Jerusalem, herald of good news!Cry out, do not fear!Say to the cities of Judah:Here is your God!