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Isaiah 42:14-17
English Standard Version
Isaiah 42:14-17
English Standard Version
14 For a long time I have held my peace;
I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out (A)like a woman in labor;
I will gasp and pant.
15 (B)I will lay waste mountains and hills,
and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn the rivers into islands,[a]
and dry up the pools.
16 (C)And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
(D)the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
17 (E)They are turned back and utterly put to shame,
who trust in carved idols,
who say to metal images,
“You are our gods.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:15 Or into coastlands
Isaiah 42:14-17
New International Version
Isaiah 42:14-17
New International Version
14 “For a long time I have kept silent,(A)
I have been quiet and held myself back.(B)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
I cry out, I gasp and pant.(C)
15 I will lay waste(D) the mountains(E) and hills
and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry up(F) the pools.
16 I will lead(G) the blind(H) by ways they have not known,
along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light(I) before them
and make the rough places smooth.(J)
These are the things I will do;
I will not forsake(K) them.
17 But those who trust in idols,
who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’(L)
will be turned back in utter shame.(M)
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