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The Kohen’s Song of Prophecy

67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh and prophesied, saying,

68 “Blessed be Adonai,
    God of Israel,
for He has looked after His people
    and brought them redemption.
69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of His servant David,[a]
70 just as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ages past,
71 salvation from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us!
72 So He shows mercy to our fathers
    and remembers His holy covenant,[b]
73 the vow which He swore to Abraham
    our father, to grant us—
74 rescued fearlessly from the hand of
    our enemies[c]—to serve Him,
75 in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of Elyon.
For you will go before Adonai to prepare His ways,[d]
77 to give knowledge of salvation to His people
through removal of their sins.[e]
78 Through our God’s heart of mercy,
the Sunrise from on high will come upon us,
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,[f]
to guide our feet in the way of shalom.”

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