10:24 So 1 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. 2
42:16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; 3
I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. 4
I will turn the darkness in front of them into light,
and level out the rough ground. 5
This is what I will do for them.
I will not abandon them.
1 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.
2 tn Heb “in the way [or “manner”] of Egypt.”
3 tn Heb “a way they do not know” (so NASB); NRSV “a road they do not know.”
4 tn Heb “in paths they do not know I will make them walk.”
5 tn Heb “and the rough ground into a level place.”