Isaiah 42:14-16

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁴ “For a long time I have said nothing.
    I have controlled myself and kept quiet.
But now I will cry out like a woman giving birth.
    My breathing is getting faster and louder.
¹⁵ I will destroy the hills and mountains.
    I will dry up all the plants that grow there.
I will change rivers to dry land
    and dry up pools of water.
¹⁶ Then I will lead the blind along a path they never knew
    to places where they have never been before.
I will change darkness into light for them.
    I will make the rough ground smooth.
I will do these things for them;
    I will not abandon my people.