Isa 42:14-17 | ESV | STEP | For a long time I have held my peace ; I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor ; I will gasp and pant .

Isaiah 42:14-17

14 For a long time I have held my peace;
I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out ^alike a woman in labor;
I will gasp and pant.
15 ^bI 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 ^dAnd 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,
^ethe rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
17 ^fThey are turned back and utterly put to shame,
who trust in carved idols,
who say to metal images,
“You are our gods.”