"'''He said, 'I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," as Isaiah the prophet said.' '''" <small>
:[http://biblehub.com/john/1-23.htm John 1:23]
:John quotes [http://biblehub.com/multi/isaiah/40-3.htm Isaiah 40:3].
:Quotation from the [[Septuagint]] text, not Hebrew.