16 Thus says the Lord,
    (A)who makes a way in the sea,
    a path in the mighty waters,
17 who (B)brings forth chariot and horse,
    army and warrior;
they lie down, they cannot rise,
    (C)they are extinguished, (D)quenched like a wick:
18 (E)“Remember not the former things,
    nor consider the things of old.
19 (F)Behold, I am doing a new thing;
    now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
(G)I will make a way in the wilderness
    (H)and rivers in the desert.
20 The wild beasts will honor me,
    (I)the jackals and the ostriches,
(J)for I give water in the wilderness,
    rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
21     the people whom I formed for myself
(K)that they might declare my praise.

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16 Thus says Yahweh, who makes[a] a way in the sea
    and a path in the mighty waters,
17 who brings out chariot and horse,
    army and mighty one.
Together they lie down;
    they cannot rise.
They are extinguished,
    quenched like a wick.
18 “You must not remember the former things,
    and you not must consider the former things.
19 Look! I am about to do a new thing! Now it sprouts!
    Do you not perceive[b] it?
Indeed, I will make[c] a way in the wilderness,
    rivers in the desert.
20 The animals of the field will honor me,
    jackals and daughters of the ostrich,
for I give water in the wilderness,
    rivers in the desert,
to give a drink to my chosen people,
21     this people whom I formed for myself,
so they might make known[d] my praise.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:16 Literally “gives”
  2. Isaiah 43:19 Or “know”
  3. Isaiah 43:19 Literally “put”
  4. Isaiah 43:21 Literally “count out”