John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Mark 1:4 KJV
New International Version
And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Mark 1:4 NIV
Iohn dyd baptise in the wyldernes and preche the baptyme of repentauce for the remission of synnes.
Mark 1:4 TYN
Remember, Lord, what the Edomites did
on the day Jerusalem fell.
“Tear it down,” they cried,
“tear it down to its foundations!”
Psalm 137:7 NIV