Isaiah 42:14-20

New American Standard Bible

The Blindness of the People

¹⁴“^(A)I have kept silent for a long time,
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan,
I will both gasp and pant.
¹⁵I will ^(B)lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will ^(C)turn the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.
¹⁶I will ^(D)lead those who are blind by a way they have not known,
In paths they have not known I will guide them.
I will ^(E)turn darkness into light before them
And ^(F)uneven land into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will ^(G)not leave them undone.”
¹⁷They will be turned back and be ^(H)utterly put to shame,
Who trust in ^[a]idols,
Who say to cast metal images,
“You are our gods.”

¹⁸^(I)Hear, you who are deaf!
And look, you who are blind, so that you may see.
¹⁹Who is blind but My ^(J)servant,
Or so deaf as My ^(K)messenger whom I send?
Who is so blind as one who is ^[b]^(L)at peace with Me,
Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?
²⁰^(M)You have seen many things, but you do not retain them;
Your ears are open, but no one hears.