42:14 “I have been inactive 1 for a long time;
I kept quiet and held back.
Like a woman in labor I groan;
I pant and gasp. 2
42:15 I will make the trees on the mountains and hills wither up; 3
I will dry up all their vegetation.
I will turn streams into islands, 4
and dry up pools of water. 5
42:16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; 6
I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. 7
I will turn the darkness in front of them into light,
and level out the rough ground. 8
This is what I will do for them.
I will not abandon them.