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Selected Verse: Isaiah 43:19 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Isa 43:19 |
Strong Concordance |
Behold, I will do [06213] a new thing [02319]; now it shall spring forth [06779]; shall ye not know [03045] it? I will even make [07760] a way [01870] in the wilderness [04057], and rivers [05104] in the desert [03452]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
new--unprecedented in its wonderful character (Isa 42:9).
spring forth--as a germinating herb: a beautiful image of the silent but certain gradual growth of events in God's providence (Mar 4:26-28).
way in . . . wilderness--just as Israel in the wilderness, between the Red Sea and Canaan, was guided, and supplied with water by Jehovah; but the "new" deliverance shall be attended with manifestations of God's power and love, eclipsing the old (compare Isa 41:17-19). "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]. "A way" often stands for the true religion (Act 9:2; Act 18:26). "Rivers" express the influences of the Holy Spirit (Joh 7:37-39). Israel's literal restoration hereafter is included, as appears by comparing Isa 11:15-16. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I will do a new thing - Something that has not hitherto occurred, some unheard of and wonderful event, that shall far surpass all that he had formerly done (see the note at Isa 42:9).
Now it shall spring forth - (See the note at Isa 42:9). It shall spring up as the grass does from the earth; or it shall bud forth like the opening leaves and flowers - a beautiful figure, denoting the manner in which the events of Divine Providence come to pass.
I will even make a way in the wilderness - In this part of the verse, the prophet describes the anxious care which God would show in protecting his people, and providing for them in conducting them to their native land. See the expressions fully explained in the notes at Isa 41:17-19. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
A new thing - Such a work as was never yet done in the world. Now - The scripture often speaks of things at a great distance of time, as if they were now at hand; to make us sensible of the inconsiderableness of time, and all temporal things, in comparison of God, and eternal things; upon which account it is said, that a thousand years are in God's sight but as one day. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Behold, I will do a new thing - At Isa 43:16, the prophet had referred to the deliverance from Egypt and the passage through the Red Sea; here he promises that the same power shall be employed in their redemption and return from the Babylonish captivity. This was to be a new prodigy. |
15 And the LORD [03068] shall utterly destroy [02763] the tongue [03956] of the Egyptian [04714] sea [03220]; and with his mighty [05868] wind [07307] shall he shake [05130] his hand [03027] over the river [05104], and shall smite [05221] it in the seven [07651] streams [05158], and make men go over [01869] dryshod [05275].
16 And there shall be an highway [04546] for the remnant [07605] of his people [05971], which [0834] shall be left [07604], from Assyria [0804]; like as it was to Israel [03478] in the day [03117] that he came up [05927] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
37 [1161] In [1722] the last [2078] day [2250], that great [3173] day of the feast [1859], Jesus [2424] stood [2476] and [2532] cried [2896], saying [3004], If [1437] any man [5100] thirst [1372], let him come [2064] unto [4314] me [3165], and [2532] drink [4095].
38 He that believeth [4100] on [1519] me [1691], as [2531] the scripture [1124] hath said [2036], out of [1537] his [846] belly [2836] shall flow [4482] rivers [4215] of living [2198] water [5204].
39 (But [1161] this [5124] spake he [2036] of [4012] the Spirit [4151], which [3739] they that believe [4100] on [1519] him [846] should [3195] receive [2983]: for [1063] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] was [2258] not yet [3768] given; because [3754] that Jesus [2424] was [1392] not yet [3764] glorified [1392]
26 And [5037] he [3778] began [756] to speak boldly [3955] in [1722] the synagogue [4864]: whom [846] when [1161] Aquila [207] and [2532] Priscilla [4252] had heard [191], they took [4355] him [846] unto them, and [2532] expounded [1620] unto him [846] the way [3598] of God [2316] more perfectly [197].
2 And desired [154] of [3844] him [846] letters [1992] to [1519] Damascus [1154] to [4314] the synagogues [4864], that [3704] if [1437] he found [2147] any [5100] of this way [3598], whether [5037] they were [5607] men [435] or [2532] women [1135], he might bring them [71] bound [1210] unto [1519] Jerusalem [2419].
17 When the poor [06041] and needy [034] seek [01245] water [04325], and there is none, and their tongue [03956] faileth [05405] for thirst [06772], I the LORD [03068] will hear [06030] them, I the God [0430] of Israel [03478] will not forsake [05800] them.
18 I will open [06605] rivers [05104] in high places [08205], and fountains [04599] in the midst [08432] of the valleys [01237]: I will make [07760] the wilderness [04057] a pool [098] of water [04325], and the dry [06723] land [0776] springs [04161] of water [04325].
19 I will plant [05414] in the wilderness [04057] the cedar [0730], the shittah tree [07848], and the myrtle [01918], and the oil [08081] tree [06086]; I will set [07760] in the desert [06160] the fir tree [01265], and the pine [08410], and the box tree [08391] together [03162]:
26 And [2532] he said [3004], So [3779] is [2076] the kingdom [932] of God [2316], as [5613] if [1437] a man [444] should cast [906] seed [4703] into [1909] the ground [1093];
27 And [2532] should sleep [2518], and [2532] rise [1453] night [3571] and [2532] day [2250], and [2532] the seed [4703] should spring [985] and [2532] grow up [3373], he [846] knoweth [1492] not [3756] how [5613].
28 For [1063] the earth [1093] bringeth forth fruit [2592] of herself [844]; first [4412] the blade [5528], then [1534] the ear [4719], after that [1534] the full [4134] corn [4621] in [1722] the ear [4719].
9 Behold, the former things [07223] are come to pass [0935], and new things [02319] do I declare [05046]: before they spring forth [06779] I tell [08085] you of them.
17 When the poor [06041] and needy [034] seek [01245] water [04325], and there is none, and their tongue [03956] faileth [05405] for thirst [06772], I the LORD [03068] will hear [06030] them, I the God [0430] of Israel [03478] will not forsake [05800] them.
18 I will open [06605] rivers [05104] in high places [08205], and fountains [04599] in the midst [08432] of the valleys [01237]: I will make [07760] the wilderness [04057] a pool [098] of water [04325], and the dry [06723] land [0776] springs [04161] of water [04325].
19 I will plant [05414] in the wilderness [04057] the cedar [0730], the shittah tree [07848], and the myrtle [01918], and the oil [08081] tree [06086]; I will set [07760] in the desert [06160] the fir tree [01265], and the pine [08410], and the box tree [08391] together [03162]:
9 Behold, the former things [07223] are come to pass [0935], and new things [02319] do I declare [05046]: before they spring forth [06779] I tell [08085] you of them.
9 Behold, the former things [07223] are come to pass [0935], and new things [02319] do I declare [05046]: before they spring forth [06779] I tell [08085] you of them.
16 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], which maketh [05414] a way [01870] in the sea [03220], and a path [05410] in the mighty [05794] waters [04325];