70. as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71. that we should be saved from our enemiesand from the hand of all who hate us;
72. to show the mercy promised to our fathersand to remember his holy covenant,
73. the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74. that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,might serve him without fear,
75. in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76. And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77. to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,
78. because of the tender mercy of our God,whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
79. to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
80. And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.