Verse 16
Isaiah 42:16
Bible in Basic English
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And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הוֹלַכְתִּ֣י עִוְרִ֗ים בְּ/דֶ֨רֶךְ֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ בִּ/נְתִיב֥וֹת לֹֽא יָדְע֖וּ אַדְרִיכֵ֑/ם אָשִׂים֩ מַחְשָׁ֨ךְ לִ/פְנֵי/הֶ֜ם לָ/א֗וֹר וּ/מַֽעֲקַשִּׁים֙ לְ/מִישׁ֔וֹר אֵ֚לֶּה הַ/דְּבָרִ֔ים עֲשִׂיתִ֖/ם וְ/לֹ֥א עֲזַבְתִּֽי/ם
English Translation
And I will lead the blind on a way they do not know; in paths they do not know I will guide them. I will turn darkness before them into light and crooked things into straight. These things I have done, and I have not forsaken them.
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