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|The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

|The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

|The voice of a messenger preaching among skeptics, 'Prepare for the way of the Lord and make straight His path.'"

|The voice of on shouting in the desert: 'Prepare for the way of the Lord and make straight His path.'"

|The wilderness is a metaphor for the unrepentant crowd.  Why would he cry out in the wilderness, where none would hear? Too often taken as literal.

|The wilderness is a metaphor for the unrepentant crowd.  Why would he cry out in the wilderness, where none would hear? Though this is too often taken as literal, the Greek origin provides a picture "φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ" which can be easily translated into English. "''The voice of a messenger preaching among skeptics''" is a valid interpretation of this picture, but the original mentions neither "a messenger" nor "skeptics".

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