Isaiah 40:1- 5, Malachi 3:1

(1) "Comfort ye, Comfort ye my people ...

... (3) ... "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,

Prepare ye the way of the Lord,

Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

(4) Every vally shall be exalted,

And every mountain ( ) and hill ( ) shall be made low;

And the crooked shall be made straight,

And the rough places plain.

(5) And the Glory of the Lord shall be revealed ...."

Malachi 3:1,

"Behold, I will send my messenger,

And he shall prepare The Way before Me:

And the Lord, whom ye seek,

Shall suddenly come to His temple,

Even the messenger of the covenant,

Whom ye delight in,

Behold, He shall come ..."

C.f., New Testament quotes in next box	Isaiah 61:1-3

* (1) "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me;

Because the Lord hath anointed Me to preach good things unto the meek;

He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives,

And the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

(2) To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, *

And the Day of Vengeance of our God;

To comfort all that mourn;

(3) To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion,

To give unto them beauty for ashes,

The oil of joy for mourning,

The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;

That they might be called trees of righteousness,

The planting of the Lord,

That He might be Glorified".

* c.f., Luke 4:18 quotes Verse 1 and first line of verse 2. Refer New Testament quotes in next box

Isaiah 40:3-4, Malachi 3:1 quoted In New Testament
Matthew 3:3

John the Baptist speaking:

"The voice of one crying in the wilderness,

Prepare ye the Way of the Lord,

Make His paths straight".	Mark 1:2-3

(2) "As written in the Prophets ....

... Behold, I send my messenger before thy face,

Which shall prepare thy way before thee.

(3) The voice of one crying in the wilderness,

Prepare ye the Way of the Lord,

Make His paths straight".	Luke 3:4-6

(4) "As it is written .. in Isaiah ...

... The voice of one crying in the wilderness,

Prepare ye the way of the Lord,

Make His paths straight.

(5) Every valley shall be filled,

And every mountain and hill shall be brought low;

And the crooked shall be made straight,

And the rough ways shall be made smooth;

(6) And all flesh shall see the Salvation (Yeshua) of God".
Luke 7:27, Jesus explaining who John the Baptist was or whom he fulfilled: "This is he of whom it was written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Which shall prepare thy way before thee"..
John 1:23, John the Baptist speaking: "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the Way of the Lord, as the Prophet Isaiah said".
Luke 4:18-19: New Testament version of Isaiah 61:1. Jesus quoted reading from the Biblical scroll in the synagogue and first line only of Isaiah 61:2;

(18) "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He hath anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor;

He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To preach deliverance to the captives,

And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,

(19) To preach the acceptable year of the Lord".