Isa 42:13-17 | ESV | STEP | The Lord goes out like a mighty man , like a man of war he stirs up his zeal ; he cries out , he shouts aloud , he shows himself mighty against his foes .

Isaiah 42:13-17

13 ^aThe Lord goes out like a mighty man,
like a man of war ^bhe stirs up his zeal;
he cries out, ^che shouts aloud,
he shows himself mighty against his foes.
14 For a long time I have held my peace;
I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out ^dlike a woman in labor;
I will gasp and pant.
15 ^eI will lay waste mountains and hills,
and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn the rivers into islands, ^{▼▼Or into coastlands}
and dry up the pools.
16 ^gAnd I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
^hthe rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
17 ⁱThey are turned back and utterly put to shame,
who trust in carved idols,
who say to metal images,
“You are our gods.”