Thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest. — Note the recurrence of the same divine name that had appeared in Luke 1:32; Luke 1:35.
Thou shalt go before the face of the Lord. — The verse is, as it were, an echo of two great prophecies, combining the “going before Jehovah” of Malachi 3:1, with the “preparing the way” of Isaiah 40:3.