There's A Voice In The Wilderness Crying

 

 "Prepare the way for the Lord in the wilderness;
make a straight highway for our God in the desert."
(Isaiah 40:3)

The Judean Desert near St. George Monastery outside Jerusalem

Photo credit: AP/Dusan Vranic

There's a voice in the wilderness crying,

A call from the ways untrod:

Prepare in the desert a highway,

A highway for our God!

The valleys shall be exalted,

The lofty hills brought low;

Make straight all the crooked places,

Where the Lord our God may go!

O Zion, that bringest good tidings,

Get thee up to the heights and sing!

Proclaim to a desolate people

The coming of their King.

Like the flower of the field they perish,

The works of men decay,

The power and pomp of nations

Shall pass like a dream away.

But the Word of our God endureth,

The arm of the Lord is strong;

He stands in the midst of nations,

And He will right the wrong.

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd,

And fold the lambs to His breast;

In pastures of peace He'll lead them

And give to the weary rest.

There's a voice in the wilderness crying,

A call from the ways untrod:

Prepare in the desert a highway,

A highway for our God!

The valleys shall be exalted,

The lofty hills brought low;

Make straight all the crooked places,

Where the Lord our God may go!

"There's A Voice Crying In The Wilderness"
(1925)
James Lewis Milligan
(1876-1961)
Canadian hymn writer