67And Zechariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,68Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and accomplished redemption for his people,69and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David his servant,70as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,71salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,72to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,73the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to grant us74that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear75in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.76And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,77to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,78through the tender mercy of our God, by which the sunrise from on high will visit us,79to appear to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.80And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.