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General Information:
Yahweh continues speaking.
I will bring the blind by a way that they do not know; in paths that they do not know I will lead them
These two phrases mean basically the same thing. AT: "I will lead the blind in paths that they do not know" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
the blind
Yahweh speaks of his people being helpless as if they could not see because they were blind. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
that they do not know
Possible meanings are 1) "that they have never traveled" or 2) "with which they are unfamiliar."
I will turn the darkness into light before them
Yahweh speaks of his people being helpless as if they could not see because they walked in darkness, and of his helping them as if he caused light to shine in the darkness. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)