What Does Isaiah 42:16 Mean?

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“the blind”

blind (literally or figuratively)

“by a way”

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“that they have not known”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

“them in paths”

a (beaten) track

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“that they have not known”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

“not I will lead”

to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)

“I will make”

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

“darkness”

darkness; concretely, a dark place

“before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“light”

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

“them and crooked things”

a crook (in a road)

“straight”

a level, i.e., a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a proper name of certain districts); figuratively, concord; also straightness, i.e., (

these or those

“These things”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

“will I do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“unto them and not forsake”

to loosen, i.e., relinquish, permit, etc