Isaiah 42:16

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, and I will cause them to tread paths which they have not known: I will turn darkness into light for them, and crooked things into straight. These things will I do, and will not forsake them.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in 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.

In Context

15I will make desolate mountains and hills, and will dry up all their grass; and I will make the rivers islands, and dry up the pools.

17But they are turned back: be ye utterly ashamed that trust in graven images, who say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

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Cross References

Joshua 3:4But let there be a distance between you and it; ye shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw nigh to it, that ye may know the way which ye are to go; for ye have not gone the way + 3:4 Gr. from yesterday and the third day. A frequent Hebraism.before.

Ecclesiastes 1:15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and deficiency cannot be numbered.

Isaiah 29:18And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist: the eyes of the blind shall see,

Isaiah 30:21and thine ears shall hear the words of them that went after thee to lead thee astray, who say, This is the way, let us walk in it, whether to the right or to the left.

Isaiah 35:5Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear.

Isaiah 40:4Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: + 40:4 See Luke 3. 5, with which Alex. agrees.and all the crooked ways shall become straight, and the rough places plains.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:14-18

Judgment and Mercy. ( b. c. 708.) 13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. 15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that… Read the whole commentary →

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