15 I will make waste mountains, and hills, and dry up all their herbs, and I will make the floods islands, and I will dry up the pools.

16 ¶ And I will bring the [a]blind by a way, that they knew not, and lead them by paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

17 They shall be turned back: they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, and say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:16 That is, my poor people, which are in perplexity and care.

15 I will lay waste(A) the mountains(B) and hills
    and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn rivers into islands
    and dry up(C) the pools.
16 I will lead(D) the blind(E) by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light(F) before them
    and make the rough places smooth.(G)
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake(H) them.
17 But those who trust in idols,
    who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’(I)
    will be turned back in utter shame.(J)

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