Isaiah 42:11-21

11 Let the wilderness and its towns raise their voices; let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountaintops.
12 Let them give glory to the LORDand proclaim his praise in the islands.
13 The LORD will march out like a champion, like a warrior he will stir up his zeal; with a shout he will raise the battle cry and will triumph over his enemies.
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.
15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation; I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.
16 I 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.
17 But 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!
19 Who 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?
20 You have seen many things, but you pay no attention; your ears are open, but you do not listen.”
21 It pleased the LORDfor the sake of his righteousness to make his law great and glorious.

Cross References 33

  • 1. S Isaiah 32:16
  • 2. S Genesis 25:13; Isaiah 60:7
  • 3. S Judges 1:36
  • 4. Isaiah 52:7; Nahum 1:15
  • 5. S 1 Chronicles 16:24; S Isaiah 24:15
  • 6. S Psalms 26:7; S Psalms 66:2; 1 Peter 2:9
  • 7. S Isaiah 11:11
  • 8. S Isaiah 9:6
  • 9. S Exodus 14:14
  • 10. S Isaiah 26:11
  • 11. S Joshua 6:5; Jeremiah 25:30; Hosea 11:10; Joel 3:16; Amos 1:2; Amos 3:4,8
  • 12. Isaiah 66:14
  • 13. S Esther 4:14; S Psalms 50:21
  • 14. S Genesis 43:31; Luke 18:7; 2 Peter 3:9
  • 15. Jeremiah 4:31
  • 16. Ezekiel 38:20
  • 17. S Psalms 107:33
  • 18. S Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 50:2; Nahum 1:4-6
  • 19. S Isaiah 29:24; Isaiah 40:11; Isaiah 57:18; Isaiah 58:11; Jeremiah 31:8-9; Luke 1:78-79
  • 20. S Isaiah 32:3
  • 21. S Psalms 18:28; Isaiah 58:8,10; S Acts 26:18
  • 22. S Isaiah 26:7; Luke 3:5
  • 23. S Deuteronomy 4:31; Hebrews 13:5
  • 24. S Exodus 32:4
  • 25. S Psalms 97:7; S Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 44:11; Isaiah 45:16
  • 26. S Isaiah 35:5
  • 27. Isaiah 43:8; Ezekiel 12:2
  • 28. Isaiah 41:8-9
  • 29. Isaiah 44:26; Haggai 1:13
  • 30. Isaiah 26:3
  • 31. Isaiah 6:9-10; Isaiah 43:8; Jeremiah 5:21; Jeremiah 6:10
  • 32. Isaiah 43:25
  • 33. S ver 4; 2 Corinthians 3:7
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