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  <!-- === MANUSCRIPT TEXT === -->
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  <!-- Continuation: "repare the way" -->
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        font-size="46" fill="#2C1A06" fill-opacity="0.8" letter-spacing="1.5">of the Lord</text>
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    <text x="100" y="445">A voice of one calling in the wilderness:</text>
    <text x="100" y="478">"Prepare the way for the Lord,</text>
    <text x="100" y="511">make straight paths for him.</text>
    <text x="100" y="556">Every valley shall be raised up,</text>
    <text x="100" y="589">every mountain and hill made low;</text>
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    <text x="100" y="667">the rugged places a plain.</text>
    <text x="100" y="712">And the glory of the Lord</text>
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    <text x="100" y="778">and all people will see it together.</text>
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  <!-- Citation -->
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  <!-- === BOTTOM BRANDING === -->
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