” And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,”

– Luke 1:76

Zechariah’s Prophecy

[67] And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,
[68]  “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,for he has visited and redeemed his people
[69] and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,
[70]  as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
[71]  that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;
[72]  to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,
[73]  the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
[74] that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,
[75]  in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
[76] And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
[77] to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,
[78] because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
[79] to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
[80]  And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.