And I will leadוְהוֹלַכְתִּיthe blindעִוְרִיםby a wayבְּדֶרֶךְthat they have notלֹאknown;יָדָעוּin pathsבִּנְתִיבוֹתthat they have notלֹאknownיָדְעוּI will make them tread;אַדְרִיכֵםI will makeאָשִׂיםthe dark placesמַחְשָׁךְbefore themלִפְנֵיהֶםinto light,לָאוֹרand the crooked placesוּמַעֲקַשִּׁיםinto a plain.לְמִישׁוֹרTheseאֵלֶּהthingsהַדְּבָרִיםI will do,עֲשִׂיתִםand I will notוְלֹאabandon them.עֲזַבְתִּים
Isaiah 42:16
Study it in the app“And I will lead the blind by a way that they have not known; in paths that they have not known I will make them tread; I will make the dark places before them into light, and the crooked places into a plain. These things I will do, and I will not abandon them.”
God promises to lead the blind by roads they do not knowGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 42:16, word by word
- And I will leadהוֹלַכְתִּיholachti
lead
To lead someone to another place, or to bring him along.
Where else “holachti” appears- the blindעִוְרִיםivrim
spiritually blind
Someone who does not understand the truth.
Where else “ivrim” appears- by a wayדֶרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- knownיָדָעוּyadau
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadau” appears- in pathsנְתִיבוֹתnetivot
path
Path: a narrow way marked out by people's steps.
Where else “netivot” appears- I will make them treadאַדְרִיכֵadriche
tread
To step on; crush grapes underfoot.
Where else “adriche” appears- I will makeאָשִׂיםasim
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “asim” appears- the dark placesמַחְשָׁךְmachshach
dark place
Darkness, a hiding place in the dark.
Where else “machshach” appears- before themפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- into lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- and the crooked placesמַעֲקַשִּׁיםmaakashim
rough places
Crooked places, the uneven ground of a road.
Where else “maakashim” appears- into a plainמִישׁוֹרmishor
plain
Ground without hills.
Where else “mishor” appears- thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appears- I will doעֲשִׂיתִasiti
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appears- abandon themעֲזַבְתִּיazavti
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azavti” appears
The context
15I will lay waste mountains and hills, and all their vegetation I will dry up; and I will turn rivers into coastlands, and the pools I will dry up.
16 · This verse (above)
17They will be turned back, they will be utterly put to shame, those who trust in the carved image, who say to the cast image, ‘You are our gods.’