15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes. 16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them. 17 But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
Isaiah 42:15–17
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