Isaiah 42:14-17

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁴ I have been silent for a long time.
I kept quiet and held myself back.
But like a woman in childbirth I will cry out.
I will gasp and pant.
¹⁵ I will lay waste to mountains and hills.
I will dry up all their vegetation.
I will turn rivers into islands.
I will dry up ponds.
¹⁶ I will lead the blind on unfamiliar roads.
I will lead them on unfamiliar paths.
I will turn darkness into light in front of them.
I will make rough places smooth.
These are the things I will do for them,
and I will never abandon them.
¹⁷ Then those who trust idols
and those who say to statues,
“You are our gods” will be turned away and put to shame.