In the prophets] RV 'in Isaiah the prophet.' The quotation, however, is not entirely taken from Isaiah, but partly from Malachi 3:1 and partly from Isaiah 40:3. The quotation from Malachi does not occur in the parallels. Before thy face] In the Heb. 'before my face.' This was clearly a Christian adaptation of the passage: see on Matthew 11:10.

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