⁴ John’s clothes were made from camel’s hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist [^Creminiscent of the prophet Elijah; 2 Kin. 1:8]. For food, he ate locusts and wild honey [^Csignifies living off the land]. ⁵ Many people came from Jerusalem and Judea and all the ·area [region] around the Jordan River to hear John. ⁶ They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan River.