Isaiah 42:16
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And I will lead the blind into the way which they know not: and in the paths which they were ignorant of I will make them walk: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight: these things have I done to them, and have not forsaken them.

Luke 1:78
Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:

Luke 1:79
To enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the way of peace.

Luke 3:5
Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways plain.

Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, that they may be converted from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a lot among the saints, by the faith that is in me.

Ephesians 5:8
For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light.

Hebrews 13:5
Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee.

1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Isaiah 26:7
The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in.

Isaiah 29:18
And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.

Isaiah 30:18
Therefore the Lord waiteth that he may have mercy on you: and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because the Lord is the God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Isaiah 30:21
And thy ears shall hear the word of one admonishing thee behind thy back: This is the way, walk ye in it: and go not aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

Isaiah 32:3
The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently.

Isaiah 35:5
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Isaiah 40:4
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain.

Isaiah 41:17
The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.

Isaiah 52:12
For you shall not go out in a tumult, neither shall you make haste by flight: for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will gather you together.

Isaiah 58:10
When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noonday.

Isaiah 62:12
And they shall call them, The holy people, the redeemed of the Lord. But thou shalt be called: A city sought after, and not forsaken.

Amos 5:8
Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I will lead the blind into the way which they know not: and in the paths which they were ignorant of I will make them walk: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight: these things have I done to them, and have not forsaken them.

I will bring

Isaiah 29:18,24 And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see. . . .

Isaiah 30:21 And thy ears shall hear the word of one admonishing thee behind thy back: This is the way, walk ye in it: and go not aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

Isaiah 32:3 The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently.

Isaiah 35:5,8 Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. . . .

Isaiah 48:17 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God that teach thee profitable things, that govern thee in the way that thou walkest.

Isaiah 54:13 All thy children shall be taught of the Lord: and great shall be the peace of thy children.

Isaiah 60:1,2,19,20 Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. . . .

Jeremiah 31:8,9 Behold I will bring them from the north country, and will gather them from the ends of the earth and among them shall be the blind, and the lame, the woman with child, and she that is bringing forth, together, a great company of them returning hither. . . .

Hosea 2:14 Therefore, behold I will allure her, and will lead her into the wilderness: and I will speak to her heart.

Luke 1:78,79 Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us: . . .

Ephesians 5:8 For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light.

lead

Isaiah 41:3 He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, no path shall appear after his feet.

Joshua 3:4 And let there be between you and the ark the space of two thousand cubits: that you may see it afar off, and know which way you must go: for you have not gone this way before: and take care you come not near the ark.

Hosea 2:6 Wherefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will stop it up with a wall, and she shall not find her paths.

crooked

Isaiah 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain.

Isaiah 45:2 I will go before thee, and will humble the great ones of the earth: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and will burst the bars of iron.

Ecclesiastes 1:15 The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite.

Ecclesiastes 7:13 Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised.

Luke 3:5 Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways plain.

straight.

Psalm 94:14 For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.

Jeremiah 32:39-41 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all days: and that it may be well with them, and with their children after them. . . .

Ezekiel 14:23 And they shall comfort you, when you shall see their ways, and their doings: and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.

Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his charity towards us: because when as yet we were sinners according to the time. . . .

Romans 8:29-31 For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son: that he might be the Firstborn amongst many brethren. . . .

2 Thessalonians 2:13,14 0 . . .

1 Peter 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead: . . .

Hebrews 13:5 Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee.

Context
A New Song of Praise
15I will lay waste the mountains and hills, and will make all their grass to wither: and I will turn rivers into islands, and will dry up the standing pools. 16And I will lead the blind into the way which they know not: and in the paths which they were ignorant of I will make them walk: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight: these things have I done to them, and have not forsaken them.17They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god.…
Lexicon
I will lead
וְהוֹלַכְתִּ֣י (wə·hō·w·laḵ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

the blind
עִוְרִ֗ים (‘iw·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5787: Blind

by a way
בְּדֶ֙רֶךְ֙ (bə·ḏe·reḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

they did not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

know;
יָדָ֔עוּ (yā·ḏā·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

I will guide them
אַדְרִיכֵ֑ם (’aḏ·rî·ḵêm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1869: To tread, to walk, to string a, bow

on unfamiliar
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

paths.
בִּנְתִיב֥וֹת (bin·ṯî·ḇō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5410: Path, pathway

I will turn
אָשִׂים֩ (’ā·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

darkness
מַחְשָׁ֨ךְ (maḥ·šāḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4285: Darkness, a dark place

into light
לָא֗וֹר (lā·’ō·wr)
Preposition, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 216: Illumination, luminary

before them
לִפְנֵיהֶ֜ם (lip̄·nê·hem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

and rough places
וּמַֽעֲקַשִּׁים֙ (ū·ma·‘ă·qaš·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4625: A twisted or crooked place

into level ground.
לְמִישׁ֔וֹר (lə·mî·šō·wr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4334: A level, a plain, as a, straightness, justice

These
אֵ֚לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

things
הַדְּבָרִ֔ים (had·də·ḇā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

I will do for them,
עֲשִׂיתִ֖ם (‘ă·śî·ṯim)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

and I will not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

forsake them.
עֲזַבְתִּֽים׃ (‘ă·zaḇ·tîm)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit


Additional Translations
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do to them, and not forsake them.

And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, and I will cause them to tread paths which they have not known: I will turn darkness into light for them, and crooked things into straight. These things will I do, and will not forsake them.

And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not, in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do for them, and not forsake them.

I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These are the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.
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