Isaiah 10:24

10:24 So here is what the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, says: “My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Assyria, even though they beat you with a club and lift their cudgel against you as Egypt did.

Isaiah 42:16

42:16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way;

I will guide them down paths they have never traveled.

I will turn the darkness in front of them into light,

and level out the rough ground.

This is what I will do for them.

I will not abandon them.


tn Heb “therefore.” The message that follows is one of encouragement, for it focuses on the eventual destruction of the Assyrians. Consequently “therefore” relates back to vv. 5-21, not to vv. 22-23, which must be viewed as a brief parenthesis in an otherwise positive speech.

tn Heb “in the way [or “manner”] of Egypt.”

tn Heb “a way they do not know” (so NASB); NRSV “a road they do not know.”

tn Heb “in paths they do not know I will make them walk.”

tn Heb “and the rough ground into a level place.”