Isaiah 43:18-20
Expanded Bible
18 The Lord says, “Forget what happened before,
and do not ·think about [consider; dwell on] the past.
19 Look at the new thing I am going to do.
It is already ·happening [L sprouting/springing up]. Don’t you see it?
I will make a ·road [path; way] in the ·desert [wilderness; C the return from Babylon is portrayed as a new Exodus]
and ·rivers[a] [streams] in the ·dry land [desert; wasteland].
20 Even the wild animals will ·be thankful to [honor] me—
the ·wild dogs [jackals] and ·owls [or ostriches].
They will honor me when I put water in the ·desert [wilderness]
and ·rivers [streams] in the ·dry land [desert; wasteland]
to give ·water [drink] to my people, ·the ones I chose [my chosen; 42:1].
Footnotes
- Isaiah 43:19 rivers A Dead Sea Scroll copy has “paths.”
Isaiah 43:18-20
New King James Version
18 “Do(A) not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a (B)new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
(C)I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field will honor Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because (D)I give waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My people, My chosen.
Isaiah 43:18-20
King James Version
18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
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Isaiah 43:18-20
English Standard Version
18 (A)“Remember not the former things,
nor consider the things of old.
19 (B)Behold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
(C)I will make a way in the wilderness
(D)and rivers in the desert.
20 The wild beasts will honor me,
(E)the jackals and the ostriches,
(F)for I give water in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
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