The voice in the wilderness
Language: English
The voice of one, crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a high way for our God. The voice said "Cry!" And he said, "What shall I cry? What shall I cry?" Behold all flesh is as the grass, and all the goodliness thereof, the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field, The grass it withereth, and the flower it fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord, the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it, bloweth upon it. The grass it withereth and the flower it fadeth, the flower it fadeth But the word of our God, the word of our God endureth forever, endureth forever. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make straight in the desert a high way, a high way for our God.
Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , from Isaiah: XL.3.6.7.8 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Prindle Scott (1877 - 1932), "The voice in the wilderness", published 1916. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Stephen Bates
This text was added to the website: 2004-08-07
Line count: 13
Word count: 148