^(B)“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
^(C)‘Prepare the way of the Lord,^[a]
    make his paths straight.

^(A)“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right hand,

^(A)“‘May his camp become desolate,
    and let there be no one to dwell in it’;

^(B)“‘Let another take his office.’

^(D)“‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices,
    ^(E)during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?