Isaiah 43:19-21

Expanded Bible

¹⁹ Look at the new thing I am going to do.
    It is already ·happening [^Lsprouting/springing up]. Don’t you see it?
I will make a ·road [path; way] in the ·desert [wilderness; ^Cthe 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].
²¹ The people I ·made [^Lformed for myself]
    will ·sing songs to praise me [^Ldeclare/proclaim my praise].