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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[a] 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,[b]
those who trust in an image,
    who say to a cast image, “You are our gods.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:16 Literally “before their face”
  2. Isaiah 42:17 Literally “ashamed with shame”

15 I will lay waste(A) the mountains(B) and hills
    and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn rivers into islands
    and dry up(C) the pools.
16 I will lead(D) the blind(E) by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light(F) before them
    and make the rough places smooth.(G)
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake(H) them.
17 But those who trust in idols,
    who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’(I)
    will be turned back in utter shame.(J)

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