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Isaiah 42:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them. "

Isaiah 42:16

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14 “I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.

15 I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

17 “Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed.

18 “Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.

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Isaiah 42:1

"“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations."

Isaiah 42:2

"He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street."

Isaiah 42:3

"He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice."

Isaiah 42:4

"He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice on the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”"

Isaiah 42:5

"God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:"

Isaiah 42:6

"“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations,"

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