Isaiah 43:18-21
“Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert. 20 The beast of the field will honor Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I give waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My people, My chosen. 21 This people I have formed for Myself; They shall declare My praise.
- Forget the former things
1) Babylon invasion, Judea collapse - Do not dwell on the past scar
1) Jer 39:5 (country destruction, BC 586)
2) Jer 39:6 (prince, noble murder)
3) Jer 39:7 (the end of Zedekiah)
4) Jer 39:9 (captive of Babylon) - Know the reason of collapse
1) Isa 1:12 (disobey to Word
2) Isa 1:12 failure to worship
3) Isa 1:18 promise of forgiveness of sin
I am doing a new thing
1) A miracle of Babylon liberation
- Isa 43:14 this is what the Lord says
- Isa 43:14 destruction of the Babylon
- Isa 43:15 I am your King
- Isa 43:17 Army of Babylon – snuffed out like a wicked
2) Hold on to the covenant
- Isa 6:13 – the holy seed stump
- Isa 7:14 main figure of immanuel
- Isa 40:8 the eternal word
- Isa 40:31 only Lord
- Isa 43:19 I am doing a new thing
- Isa 53:6 Christ who has borne the iniquity
- Isa 60:1 Arise, shine
- Isa 62:10-11 raise a banner for the nations
3) They may proclaim my praise
- v19 Now it springs up
- v19 I am making a way in the wilderness
- v19 I am making streams in the wasteland
- v20 to give drink to my people my chosen
- v21 the people I formed for myself