Isaiah 41:3 - Exposition

He pursued them, and passed safely ; rather, he shall pursue them , and shall pass on in safety. Even by the way that he had not gone with his feet ; rather, a path with his feet he shall not tread. ,The meaning seems to be that he will dispense with customary paths, making his advance everywhere over all obstacles, by untrodden ways. Compare the frequent boasts of the Assyrian kings: "To the recesses of the deep forests and the peaks of the difficult mountains, which had never been trodden by the foot of man , I ascended'. "Difficult mountain chains, and inaccessible hills , which none of our kings had ever previously reached—tedious paths and unopened roads— I traversed". "The lands of Sihak, of Arda, of Ulayan, of Alluria, inaccessible mountains , impossible for the horses , and inaccessible for myself , I went through".