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Isaiah 43:19-21
Expanded Bible
Isaiah 43:19-21
Expanded Bible
19 Look at the new thing I am going to do.
It is already ·happening [L sprouting/springing up]. Don’t you see it?
I will make a ·road [path; way] in the ·desert [wilderness; C the 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 [L formed for myself]
will ·sing songs to praise me [L declare/proclaim my praise].
Footnotes
- Isaiah 43:19 rivers A Dead Sea Scroll copy has “paths.”
Isaiah 43:19-21
New International Version
Isaiah 43:19-21
New International Version
19 See, I am doing a new thing!(A)
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness(B)
and streams in the wasteland.(C)
20 The wild animals(D) honor me,
the jackals(E) and the owls,
because I provide water(F) in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21 the people I formed(G) for myself(H)
that they may proclaim my praise.(I)
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