Isaiah 42:15-17

New International Reader's Version

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.
¹⁷ Some people trust in statues of gods.
    They say to them, ‘You are our gods.’
But they will be dishonored.
    They will be put to shame.