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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 43:19

A new thing; such a work as was never yet done in the world, even the redemption of the world by the Messiah. Now; shortly, although it was not to be done till after some hundreds of years. For so the Scripture oft speaketh of things at a great distance of time as if they were now at hand, as Haggai 2:6; James 5:9; Revelation 22:20, and elsewhere; which it doth to correct our impatience, and to make us willing to wait till God’s time come; and to assure us that the mercy shall come as soon as... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 43:19

THE FUTURE BETTER THAN THE PASTIsaiah 43:19. Behold, I will do a new thing, &c.God’s messages to Israel are steeped in imagery supplied by their past experiences. From this familiar store the figurative expressions of the text are derived; it holds out a challenge to faith, a rebuke to unbelief.I. The emphasis of the promise lies in God’s promise to do a NEW thing—i.e., something unprecedented. Israel was cautioned not to make the past the measure of the future (cf. Isaiah 43:18-19). They... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:1-28

But yet, God is going to restore them. Chapter 43 gets in the restoration.But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, and the Holy One... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 43:1-28

Isaiah 43:1 . The Lord that created thee, oh Jacob. Not only in the first creation, but when Sarah, and when Rebecca were barren, I gave them power to become mothers. I have also created and formed thee into a nation; thy disobedience therefore is left without excuse. Isaiah 43:3 . I gave Egypt for thy ransom. Those nations were nearly destroyed, in order to effect the emancipation of Israel. God most remarkably diverted the Assyrian invasion from Judea to an attack upon Egypt. Isaiah... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 43:19

Isaiah 43:19Behold, I will do a new thingThe future better than the pastHow dear to the heart of the Israelites was the remembrance of the nation’s deliverance from Egypt and their journey to the Land of Promise! To those great events the religious teachers of the people continually turned for illustrations and proofs of God’s greatness and power and goodness and love.From this well used and familiar store of imagery the figurative expressions of the text are derived. Dropping the figures put... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 43:19

Isa 43:19 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. Ver. 19. Shall ye not know it? ] Or, Do ye not perceive it? He speaketh of it as present and under view. And rivers in a desert. ] As once when I set the flint abroach. Exo 17:6 Numbers 20:8 ; Numbers 20:11 Psa 105:41 By this way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, understand the doctrine of the gospel, and the comforts of... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 43:19

I will do: Isaiah 42:9, Isaiah 48:6, Jeremiah 31:22, Revelation 21:5 I will even: Isaiah 35:6-2 Samuel :, Isaiah 40:3, Isaiah 40:4, Isaiah 48:21, Luke 3:4, Luke 3:5 rivers: Isaiah 41:18, Isaiah 48:21, Isaiah 48:22, Exodus 17:6, Numbers 20:11, Deuteronomy 8:15, Psalms 78:16-Proverbs :, Psalms 105:41 Reciprocal: Numbers 16:30 - make a new thing Deuteronomy 28:28 - General Judges 6:39 - dry 2 Kings 3:17 - Ye shall not Job 38:26 - on the wilderness Psalms 105:5 - Remember Proverbs 21:1 - as... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 43:19

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.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... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 43:1-28

Sec. 3. GOD’S CONTROVERSY WITH ISRAEL, Isaiah 42:17 to Isaiah 44:5. The controversy with heathendom closed. Its period is from Abraham’s call ideally to the last triumph of Messiah. The message is now again to Israel. It began in Isaiah 1:2, and has been scatteringly resumed ever since. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 43:19-21

19-21. A new thing As the former event was common in invasions, sieges, etc., to the unfortunate conquered, the marvel now to be spoken of is the certainly approaching spiritual restoration, not on Jews only, but also on Gentiles. A way in the wilderness… rivers in the desert Certainly the same figures, almost the same language, as in chap. xxv, manifestly used of the great renovation under Messiah, and it seems quite to establish again the same authorship of both compositions. See notes... read more

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