Isaiah 42:14-21

New International Version

¹⁴“For a long time I have kept silent,^(A)
    I have been quiet and held myself back.^(B)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
    I cry out, I gasp and pant.^(C)
¹⁵I will lay waste^(D) the mountains^(E) and hills
    and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn rivers into islands
    and dry up^(F) the pools.
¹⁶I will lead^(G) the blind^(H) by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light^(I) before them
    and make the rough places smooth.^(J)
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake^(K) them.
¹⁷But those who trust in idols,
    who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’^(L)
    will be turned back in utter shame.^(M)

Israel Blind and Deaf

¹⁸“Hear, you deaf;^(N)
    look, you blind, and see!
¹⁹Who is blind^(O) but my servant,^(P)
    and deaf like the messenger^(Q) I send?
Who is blind like the one in covenant^(R) with me,
    blind like the servant of the Lord?
²⁰You have seen many things, but you pay no attention;
    your ears are open, but you do not listen.”^(S)
²¹It pleased the Lord
    for the sake^(T) of his righteousness
    to make his law^(U) great and glorious.