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This is the voice of one who calls out: "Prepare in the desert the way for the Lord. Make a straight road in the dry lands for our God.
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Every valley should be raised up, and every mountain and hill should be made flat. The rough ground should be made level, and the rugged ground should be made smooth.
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Then the glory of the Lord will be shown, and all people together will see it. The Lord himself said these things."
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A voice says, "Cry out!" Then I said, "What shall I cry out?" "Say all people are like the grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
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The grass dies and the flowers fall when the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are like grass.