Isaiah 42:14-21

14“For a long time I have kept silent, I have been quiet and held myself back. But now, like a woman in childbirth, I cry out, I gasp and pant.

15I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation; I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.

16I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.

17But those who trust in idols, who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back in utter shame.

Israel Blind and Deaf 18“Hear, you deaf; look, you blind, and see!

19Who is blind but my servant, and deaf like the messenger I send? Who is blind like the one in covenant with me, blind like the servant of the LORD ?

20You have seen many things, but you pay no attention; your ears are open, but you do not listen.”

21It pleased the LORD for the sake of his righteousness to make his law great and glorious.