Isaiah 43:16-21

GOD’S WORD Translation

Despite the People of Israel’s Past Sin, the Lord Will Forgive Them

¹⁶The Lord makes a path through the sea
and a road through the strong currents.
¹⁷He leads chariots and horses, an army and reinforcements.
(They lie down together and do not get up ⌞again⌟.
They are extinguished and snuffed out like a wick.)

This is what the Lord says:

¹⁸Forget what happened in the past,
and do not dwell on events from long ago.
¹⁹I am going to do something new.
It is already happening. Don’t you recognize it?
I will clear a way in the desert.
I will make rivers on dry land.
²⁰Wild animals, jackals, and ostriches will honor me.
I will provide water in the desert.
I will make rivers on the dry land for my chosen people to drink.
²¹I have formed these people for myself.
They will praise me.