2 As Isaiah the prophet has written, “Behold, I send My messenger before You, who will prepare Your way.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of Adonai, and make His paths straight.’”
4 John appeared, immersing in the wilderness, proclaiming an immersion involving repentance for the removal of sins.
5 All the Judean countryside was going out to him, and all the Jerusalemites. As they confessed their sins, they were being immersed by him in the Jordan River.
6 John wore clothes made from camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
7 “After me comes One who is mightier than I am,” he proclaimed. “I’m not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals!
8 I immersed you with water, but He will immerse you in the Ruach ha-Kodesh.”