voice in the wilderness

Meaning

Noun

• A person, publication, or other source of assertions that expresses an opinion, doctrine, or point of view which is ignored or rejected by almost all others; the actual utterance of an unpopular opinion, doctrine, or point of view.
• An influential religious personage, especially one who makes prophetic utterances.

Origin

• From the Biblical accounts of John the Baptist, as in the early verses of the Gospel according to Mark (King James version):
• :: 1.2 . . . Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
• :: 1.3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
• :: 1.4 John did baptize in the wilderness.