Isaiah 42:14–21
14 “For a long time I have kept silent,n
I have been quiet and held myself back.o
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
I cry out, I gasp and pant.p
15 I will lay wasteq the mountainsr and hills
and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry ups the pools.
16 I will leadt the blindu by ways they have not known,
along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into lightv before them
and make the rough places smooth.w
These are the things I will do;
I will not forsakex them.
17 But those who trust in idols,
who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’y
will be turned back in utter shame.z
18 “Hear, you deaf;a
look, you blind, and see!
19 Who is blindb but my servant,c
and deaf like the messengerd I send?
Who is blind like the one in covenante with me,
blind like the servant of the Lord?
20 You have seen many things, but you pay no attention;
your ears are open, but you do not listen.”f
for the sakeg of his righteousness
to make his lawh great and glorious.