Isaiah 42:13-17

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹³The Lord advances like a warrior;
He stirs up His zeal like a soldier.^(A)
He shouts, He roars aloud,
He prevails over His enemies.

¹⁴“I have kept silent from ages past;
I have been quiet and restrained Myself.^(B)
But now, I will groan like a woman in labor,^(C)
gasping breathlessly.
¹⁵I will lay waste mountains and hills
and dry up all their vegetation.
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry up marshes.^(D)
¹⁶I will lead the blind by a way they did not know;^(E)
I will guide them on paths they have not known.
I will turn darkness to light in front of them^(F)
and rough places into level ground.^(G)
This is what I will do for them,
and I will not forsake them.^(H)
¹⁷They will be turned back and utterly ashamed—
those who trust in idols
and say to metal-plated images:
You are our gods!^(I)