Luke 3:4-6 This was according to what is written in the book containing the words of Isaiah, the prophet : ff Isa., “The voice of a man who speaks out in the desert urging people to make the road for the Lord ready for Him to travel; to make a straight pathway for Him to walk on.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ This was according to what is written in the book containing the words of Isaiah, the prophet [Isa. 40:3ff], “The voice of a man who speaks out in the desert [urging people] to make the road for the Lord ready [for Him to travel]; to make a straight pathway for Him [to walk on]. ⁵ Every valley will be filled up and every mountain and hill will be leveled. And crooked [roads] will become straight and rough ones smoothed out. ⁶ And all mankind will see the salvation of God [i.e., become available to them].”