Isa 42:15-16, 43:19-20 | ESV | STEP | I will lay waste mountains and hills , and dry up all their vegetation ; I will turn the rivers into islands , and dry up the pools .

Isaiah 42:15-16

15 ^aI 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 ^cAnd 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,
^dthe rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.

Isaiah 43:19-20

19 ^eBehold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
^fI will make a way in the wilderness
^gand rivers in the desert.
20 The wild beasts will honor me,
^hthe jackals and the ostriches,
ⁱfor I give water in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,