A voice shouting in the wilderness
'Clear the way for the Lord's coming!' *

But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.

All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all. **

Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. ***