Isaiah 43:19 “Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you…”

Isaiah 43:19

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Behold, I do a new thing: now shall it come foorth: shall you not knowe it? I wil euen make a way in the desert, and floods in the wildernesse.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, I am doing a new thing, now it springeth up, Do ye not know it? Yea, I put in a wilderness a way, In a desolate place — floods.

Bible in Basic English

See, I am doing a new thing; now it is starting; will you not take note of it? I will even make a way in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country.

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Cross references

“I will do”

Isaiah 48:6 Isaiah 42:9 Revelation 21:5 Jeremiah 31:22

Isaiah 48:6 · BSB

You 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.

Isaiah 42:9 · BSB

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

Revelation 21:5 · BSB

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.”

Jeremiah 31:22 · BSB

How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land— a woman will shelter a man.”

“I will even”

Isaiah 35:6–10 Isaiah 40:3 Isaiah 40:4 Isaiah 48:21 Luke 3:4 Luke 3:5

Isaiah 35:6–10 · BSB

Then 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.

Isaiah 40:3 · BSB

A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

Isaiah 40:4 · BSB

Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.

Isaiah 48:21 · BSB

They 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.

Luke 3:4 · BSB

as 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.

Luke 3:5 · BSB

Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.

“rivers”

Isaiah 41:18 Psalm 78:16–20 Exodus 17:6 Deuteronomy 8:15 Psalm 105:41 Numbers 20:11

Isaiah 41:18 · BSB

I 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.

Psalm 78:16–20 · BSB

He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

Exodus 17:6 · BSB

Behold, 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.

Deuteronomy 8:15 · BSB

He 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.

Psalm 105:41 · BSB

He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

Numbers 20:11 · BSB

Then 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.

Also

2 Corinthians 5:17

2 Corinthians 5:17 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

20The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.

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