Luke 1:67-80

67His father Zechariah was filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh and prophesied, saying,

68“Blessed be Adonai, God of Israel, for He has looked after His people and brought them redemption.

69He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

70just as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ages past,

71salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us!

72So He shows mercy to our fathers and remembers His holy covenant,

73the vow which He swore to Abraham our father, to grant us—

74rescued fearlessly from the hand of our enemies—to serve Him,

75in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.

76And you, child, will be called a prophet of Elyon. For you will go before Adonai to prepare His ways,

77to give knowledge of salvation to His people through removal of their sins.

78Through our God’s heart of mercy, the Sunrise from on high will come upon us,

79to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way of shalom.”

80And the child kept growing and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.