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Isaiah 43:19

in Isaiah 43

Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Isaiah 43

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"I will open a way, not merely in the Red Sea, but in the wilderness of the whole world; and not merely one river shall gush out of the rock, but many, which shall refresh, not the bodies as formerly, but the souls of the thirsty, so that the prophecy shall be fulfilled: 'With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation'" [JEROME].

This site's exposition

Remember ye not the former things

on Isaiah 43:18-19

Remember ye not the former things instructs the exiles to stop looking backward at the very exodus the chapter has just recalled, because a greater deliverance is coming that will eclipse it. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth is the trial's own exhibit for the future half of the challenge posed at verse 9, a prediction offered before its fulfillment. I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert answers the sea crossing of verse 16 with a dry-land counterpart, the older writers reading it toward the return from Babylon and, in a further sense, toward the gospel age.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • הִנְנִ֨יhere I

    hiniH2005 →316 times

  • עֹשֶׂ֤ה[am] about to do

    ʾosehH6213 →2628 times

  • חֲדָשָׁה֙a new [thing]

    chadashahH2319 →53 times

  • עַתָּ֣הnow

    ʾatahH6258 →433 times

  • תִצְמָ֔חit is springing up

    titzmachH6779 →33 times

  • הֲל֖וֹא¿ not

    halo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תֵֽדָע֑וּהָdo you know it

    tedauhaH3045 →945 times

  • אַ֣ףalso

    ʾafH637 →134 times

  • אָשִׂ֤יםI will make

    ʾasimH7760 →584 times

  • בַּמִּדְבָּר֙in the wilderness

    bamidbarH4057 →270 times

  • דֶּ֔רֶךְa way

    derekhH1870 →707 times

  • בִּֽישִׁמ֖וֹןin a desolate place

    bishimonH3452 →

  • נְהָרֽוֹת׃rivers

    neharotH5104 →119 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Isaiah 48:6You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.186 worksIsaiah 42:9Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”161 works2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!149 worksRevelation 21:5And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”113 worksIsaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.109 worksLuke 3:4–5as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.65 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 35:6–10Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.63 worksJeremiah 31:22How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.”49 worksIsaiah 40:3A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.43 worksPsalms 78:16–20He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.41 worksExodus 17:6Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.40 worksIsaiah 48:21–22They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.38 worksDeuteronomy 8:15He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.38 worksPsalms 105:41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.36 worksNumbers 20:11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.33 worksProverbs 21:1The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.19 worksPsalms 126:4Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev.5 worksEcclesiastes 1:9What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.4 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Corinthians 5:17

    Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 36:26

      I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

    • Ephesians 4:22–24

      to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

    • Isaiah 43:18–19

      “Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.

    • John 3:3

      Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

    • Psalms 51:10

      Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

  • Through

    Revelation 21:5

    And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”

    it leads to

    • 2 Corinthians 5:17

      Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

    • Isaiah 42:9

      Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

  • Through

    Isaiah 42:9

    Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 46:9–10

      Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.

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About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.

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