Isaiah 42:14-17
Legacy Standard Bible
Israel’s Blindness and Deafness
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.
15 I will (B)lay waste the mountains and hills
And dry up all their vegetation;
I will (C)make the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the pools of waters.
16 I will (D)lead the blind by a way they do not know,
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will (E)make darkness into light before them
And (F)rugged places into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will (G)not forsake them.”
17 They will be turned back and be (H)utterly put to shame,
Who trust in graven images,
Who say to molten images,
“You are our gods.”
Isaiah 42:14-17
New Living Translation
14 He will say, “I have long been silent;
yes, I have restrained myself.
But now, like a woman in labor,
I will cry and groan and pant.
15 I will level the mountains and hills
and blight all their greenery.
I will turn the rivers into dry land
and will dry up all the pools.
16 I will lead blind Israel down a new path,
guiding them along an unfamiliar way.
I will brighten the darkness before them
and smooth out the road ahead of them.
Yes, I will indeed do these things;
I will not forsake them.
17 But those who trust in idols,
who say, ‘You are our gods,’
will be turned away in shame.
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