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Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind along a road they don't know; I will guide them along paths they don't know. I will turn darkness into light before them, and smooth out the rough places. This is what I'm going to do for them; I won't let them down.

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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 dry up the mountains and the hills, and make all their greenery wither. I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.

17But those who trust in idols and say to images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be rejected in humiliation and shame.

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Cross References

Joshua 3:4That way you'll know which way to go, since you haven't been here before. Leave about 3,000 feet between you and the Ark. Don't go near it!”

Ecclesiastes 1:15You can't straighten what is twisted, and you can't count what isn't there.

Isaiah 29:18At that time the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and the eyes of the blind will see through the gloomy darkness what's written there.

Isaiah 30:21When you walk to the right or to the left, you will hear this command coming from behind you: “This is the way to follow.”

Isaiah 35:5When that happens, the blind will see, and the deaf will hear.

Isaiah 40:4Fill in all the valleys; level all the mountains and hills; smooth out the uneven ground; make the rough places flat.

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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