"Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold, he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like thc fuller's herb:And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in the ancient years.Behold, I will send you Elias the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers: lest I come, and strike the earth with anathema."
Malachi 3.1-4,4.5-6
"Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant."
Psalms 25.4-5,8-10,14
"Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him."
Luke 1.57-66
Malachi 3.1-4,4.5-6
"Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant."
Psalms 25.4-5,8-10,14
"Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him."
Luke 1.57-66