7. so that you may open the eyes of the blind, and lead out the prisoner from confinement and those sitting in darkness from the house of incarceration.
8. I am the Lord; this is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.
9. The things that were first, behold, they have arrived. And I also announce what is new. Before these things arise, I will cause you to hear about them.
10. Sing to the Lord a new canticle, sing his praise from the ends of the earth, you who descend into the sea and all its fullness, the islands and their inhabitants.
11. Let the desert and its cities be lifted up. Kedar will dwell in houses. O inhabitants of the rock, give praise! They will cry out from the top of the mountains.
12. They will give glory to the Lord, and they will announce his praise to the islands.
13. The Lord will go forth like a strong man; like a man of battle, he will stir up zeal. He will shout and cry out. He will prevail against his enemies.
14. I have always been quiet; I have been silent; I have been patient. I will speak like a woman giving birth. I will destroy and consume, all at once.
15. I will desolate the mountains and the hills, and I will wither all their grass. And I will turn rivers into islands, and I will dry up the pools of water.
16. And I will lead the blind along a way which they do not know. And I will cause them to walk along paths with which they were unfamiliar. I will turn darkness into light before them, and crooked into straight. These things I have done for them. For I have not abandoned them.
17. They have been converted again. Let those who trust in graven idols be greatly confounded, for they say to a molten thing, "You are our god."
18. You who are deaf, hear! You who are blind, turn your gaze and see!
19. Who is blind, except my servant? Who is deaf, except the one to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, except the one who has been sold? And who is blind, except the servant of the Lord?
20. You who see many things, will you not keep them? You who have open ears, will you not listen?