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76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of Elyon.
For you will go before Adonai to prepare His ways,[a]
77 to give knowledge of salvation to His people
through removal of their sins.[b]
78 Through our God’s heart of mercy,
the Sunrise from on high will come upon us,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:76 cf. Mal. 3:1; Isa. 40:3; Mic. 1:2.
  2. Luke 1:77 cf. Jer. 31:34(38:34 LXX).

76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet(A) of the Most High;(B)
    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,(C)
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,(D)
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun(E) will come to us from heaven

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