42:14
There are many times when it seems as if God is not answering, or is unaware of what is going on. So it would have seemed to Israel in captivity. Indeed temporally He had indeed been silent and had “held himself back”. But God’s plans are eternal, so His perspective on things is completely different from ours, and while He may have been silent for a time, this does not mean He is unaware, nor that He has no plans to act. There always comes a time when He will act.
42:15-17
When God acts He makes a radical change to the landscape. Until the time of His acting it may seem that He is doing nothing and that we are trapped in our circumstances. But when He acts He changes things. But these changes will not always be what we expect. He will lead the blind by unfamiliar paths. This can be disconcerting, even scary, but he will “turn the darkness into light” and “make the rough places smooth”. Ie He will make it possible for us to walk along the unfamiliar paths.
Then there is a severe warning. Those who trust in idols “will be turned back in utter shame.” It matters what and who we trust in.
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