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15 I’ll devastate the mountains and hills,
    and dry up all their vegetation;
I’ll turn rivers into islands,
    and dry up the ponds.
16 I’ll help the blind walk,
    even[a] on a road they do not know;
I’ll guide them
    in directions[b] they do not know.
I’ll turn the dark places[c] into light in front of them,
    and the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I will do,
    and I won’t abandon them.
17 Those who trust in carved idols
    will turn back and[d] be completely disappointed,[e]
along with those[f] who say to metal images,
    ‘You are our gods.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:16 Or and; so 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks even
  2. Isaiah 42:16 Lit. paths
  3. Isaiah 42:16 So 1QIsaa (misspelling places); MT LXX read darkness
  4. Isaiah 42:17 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and
  5. Isaiah 42:17 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; MTms lacks disappointed
  6. Isaiah 42:17 1QIsaa MT LXX lack along with those

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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