2. As it has been written in the Prophets, “See, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You,
3. a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of יהוה, make His paths straight.’ ”
4. Yoḥanan came immersing in the wilderness and proclaiming an immersion of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
5. And all the country of Yehuḏah, and those of Yerushalayim, went out to him and were all immersed by him in the Yardĕn River, confessing their sins.