Isaiah 42:14-16

New International Reader's Version

¹⁴ The Lord says, “For a long time I have kept silent.
    I have been calm and quiet.
But now, like a woman having a baby,
    I cry out. I gasp and pant.
¹⁵ I will completely destroy the mountains and hills.
    I will dry up everything that grows there.
I will turn rivers into dry land.
    I will dry up the pools.
¹⁶ Israel is blind.
    So I will lead them along paths
    they had not known before.
I will guide them on roads they are not familiar with.
    I will turn the darkness into light as they travel.
    I will make the rough places smooth.
Those are the things I will do.
    I will not desert my people.