14 I have been silent for a long time;

I have kept silent;

I have restrained myself like one giving birth;

I will moan, pant, and gasp together.

15 I will cause mountains and hills to dry up,

and I will cause all their herbage to wither;

and I will make rivers like islands,

and I will cause pools to dry up.

16 And I will lead the blind by a road they do not know;

I will cause them to tread on paths they have not known.

I will make darkness ⌊in their presence⌋h into light

and rough places into level ground.

These are the things I will do,

and I will not forsake them.

17 They shall turn back;

they shall be ⌊greatly ashamed⌋,i

those who trust in an image,

who say to a cast image, “You are our gods.”

Blind and Deaf Israel

18 Deaf people, listen!

And blind people, look to see!

19 Who is blind but my servant

orj deaf like my messenger whom I sent?

Who is blind like the one who is repaid

ork blind like the servant of Yahweh?

20 You see many things, butl you do not observe.

His ears are open, butm he does not hear.