"I will leadthe blindby a waythey do not know,In pathsthey do not knowI will guidethem. I will makedarknessinto lightbeforethem And ruggedplacesinto plains.Theseare the thingsI will do,And I will not leavethem undone."
For the LORDwill not abandonHis people,Norwill He forsakeHis inheritance.
What is crookedcannotbe straightenedand whatis lackingcannotbe counted.
Considerthe workof God,For whois ableto straightenwhatHe has bent?
The wayof the righteousis smooth;O UprightOne,makethe pathof the righteouslevel.
On that daythe deafwill hearwordsof a book,And out of [their] gloomand darknessthe eyesof the blindwill see.
"Those who errin mindwill knowthe truth,And those who criticizewill acceptinstruction.
Thereforethe LORDlongsto be graciousto you, And thereforeHe waits on highto havecompassionon you. For the LORDis a Godof justice;How blessedare allthose who longfor Him.
Your earswill heara wordbehindyou, "Thisis the way,walkin it," wheneveryou turnto the rightor to the left.
Then the eyesof those who seewill not be blinded,And the earsof those who hearwill listen.
Thenthe eyesof the blindwill be openedAnd the earsof the deafwill be unstopped.
A highwaywill be there,a roadway,And it will be calledthe Highwayof Holiness.The uncleanwill not travelon it, But it [will] be for him who walks[that] way,And foolswill not wander[on it].
"Let everyvalleybe liftedup, And everymountainand hillbe madelow;And let the roughgroundbecomea plain,And the ruggedterraina broadvalley;
"The afflictedand needyare seekingwater,but thereis none,And their tongueis parchedwith thirst;I, the LORD,will answerthem Myself, [As] the Godof IsraelI will not forsakethem.
"He pursuesthem, passingon in safety,By a wayhe had not been traversingwith his feet.
"I will gobeforeyou and makethe roughplacessmooth;I will shatterthe doorsof bronzeand cutthroughtheir ironbars.
The One forminglightand creatingdarkness,Causingwell-beingand creatingcalamity;I am the LORDwho doesallthese.
Thussaysthe LORD,your Redeemer,the HolyOneof Israel,"I am the LORDyour God,who teachesyou to profit,Who leadsyou in the wayyou should go.
But you will not goout in haste,Norwill you goas fugitives;For the LORDwill gobeforeyou, And the Godof Israel[will be] your rearguard.
"Allyour sonswill be taughtof the LORD;And the well-beingof your sonswill be great.
And if you giveyourselfto the hungryAnd satisfythe desireof the afflicted,Then your lightwill risein darknessAnd your gloom[will become] like midday.
And they will callthem, "The holypeople,The redeemedof the LORD";And you will be called,"Soughtout, a citynot forsaken."
"Then they will comfortyou whenyou seetheir conductand actions,for you will knowthat I have not donein vainwhateverI didto it," declaresthe LordGOD.
"Therefore,behold,I will allureher, Bringher into the wildernessAnd speakkindlyto her.
"Therefore,behold,I will hedgeup her waywith thorns,And I will builda wallagainst her so that she cannotfindher paths.
He who madethe Pleiadesand OrionAnd changesdeepdarknessinto morning,Who also darkensday[into] night,Who callsfor the watersof the seaAnd poursthem out on the surfaceof the earth,The LORDis His name.
EVERYRAVINEWILL BE FILLED,AND EVERYMOUNTAINAND HILLWILL BE BROUGHT LOW;THE CROOKEDWILL BECOMESTRAIGHT,AND THE ROUGHROADSSMOOTH;
to opentheir eyesso that they may turnfrom darknessto lightand from the dominionof Satanto God,that they may receiveforgivenessof sinsand an inheritanceamongthosewho have been sanctifiedby faithin Me.'
for you were formerlydarkness,but nowyou are Lightin the Lord;walkas childrenof Light
[Make sure that] your characteris free from the love of money,being contentwith what you have;for He Himselfhas said,"I WILL NEVERDESERTYOU, NORWILL I EVERFORSAKEYOU,"
"However,there shall be betweenyou and it a distanceof about 2,000cubitsby measure.Do not comenearit, that you may knowthe wayby whichyou shall go,for you have not passedthis waybefore."
But you are A CHOSENRACE,A royalPRIESTHOOD,A HOLYNATION,A PEOPLEFOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION,sothat you may proclaimthe excellenciesof Him who has calledyou out of darknessinto His marvelouslight;
