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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”

16 This is what the Lord says—
    he who made a way through the sea,
    a path through the mighty waters,(A)
17 who drew out(B) the chariots and horses,(C)
    the army and reinforcements together,(D)
and they lay(E) there, never to rise again,
    extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:(F)
18 “Forget the former things;(G)
    do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!(H)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness(I)
    and streams in the wasteland.(J)
20 The wild animals(K) honor me,
    the jackals(L) and the owls,
because I provide water(M) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21     the people I formed(N) for myself(O)
    that they may proclaim my praise.(P)

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