They shall be turned back, etc. While the people of God are led by God's hand through new paths, and are illumined with abundant light, and have their difficulties smoothed away from before them. their idolatrous oppressors will be "turned back" or suffer defeat, and be put to shame, finding no help from their idols, whose powerlessness will be openly shown, to the utter confusion of their votaries.
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Isaiah 42:17
Isaiah 42:17
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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