Isaiah 42:16

And I will bring the ivrim (blind) 1 by a derech that they knew not; 1 I will lead them in paths 1 that they have not known; 1 I will make choshech into ohr before them, 1 and crooked things straight. 1 These things will I do unto them, 1 and not forsake them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 lay waste harim and geva'ot (hills), 1 and dry up all their esev (vegetation); 1 and I will make the neharot into iyim, 1 and I will dry up agamim (pools, lakes). 1

17They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, 1 that trust in pesel, 1 that say to the masekhah (molten images): 1 You (plural) are eloheinu (our g-ds). 1

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Cross References

Joshua 3:4Yet there shall be a rachok (distance, space) between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; come not near unto it, that ye have da'as of the Derech by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Ecclesiastes 1:15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; 1 and chesron (that which is lacking) cannot be numbered.

Isaiah 29:18And in that day shall the chereshim (deaf persons) 1 hear the devarim of the sefer, 1 and the eynayim of the ivrim 1 shall see out of obscurity, and out of choshech. 1

Isaiah 30:21And thine oznayim shall hear a davar behind thee, saying, This is the derech (road), walk ye on it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the ivvrim (blind people) shall be opened, 1 and the ears of the chereshim (deaf ones) shall be unstopped. 1

Isaiah 40:4Every gey (valley) shall be raised up, 1 and every har and givah (hill) shall be made low; 1 and the crooked shall be made straight, 1 and the rough places bikah (plain, valley); 1

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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