Isaiah 42:16

New English Translation

I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.

Cross References

Psalm 94:14

Certainly the Lord does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

What is bent cannot be straightened, and what is missing cannot be supplied.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Consider the work of God: For who can make straight what he has bent?

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

Isaiah 29:18

At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

Isaiah 29:24

Those who stray morally will gain understanding; those who complain will acquire insight.

Isaiah 30:18

For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

Isaiah 30:21

You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying, “This is the correct way, walk in it,” whether you are heading to the right or the left.

Isaiah 32:3

Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.

Isaiah 35:5

Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

Isaiah 35:8

A thoroughfare will be there – it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it – fools will not stray into it.

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.

Isaiah 41:17

The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

Isaiah 41:3

He pursues them and passes by unharmed; he advances with great speed.

Isaiah 45:2

“I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

Isaiah 45:7

I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things.

Isaiah 48:17

This is what the Lord, your protector, says, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go.

Isaiah 52:12

Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the Lord goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.

Isaiah 54:13

All your children will be followers of the Lord, and your children will enjoy great prosperity.

Isaiah 58:10

You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.

Isaiah 62:12

They will be called, “The Holy People, the Ones Protected by the Lord.” You will be called, “Sought After, City Not Abandoned.”

Ezekiel 14:23

They will console you when you see their behavior and their deeds, because you will know that it was not without reason that I have done everything which I have done in it, declares the sovereign Lord.”

Hosea 2:14

However, in the future I will allure her; I will lead her back into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

Hosea 2:6

Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.

Amos 5:8

(But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion; he can turn the darkness into morning and daylight into night. He summons the water of the seas and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The Lord is his name!

Luke 3:5

Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low, and the crooked will be made straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth,

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Ephesians 5:8

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light –

Hebrews 13:5

Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”

Joshua 3:4

But stay about three thousand feet behind it. Keep your distance so you can see which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.