Isaiah 43:18 - Exposition

Remember ye not the former things . The old deliverance will be as nothing compared with the new. Israel must cast its eye forwards, not backwards. Mr. Cheyne well compares Jeremiah 23:7 , Jeremiah 23:8 , and also well notes that "the chief glories of the second manifestation are spiritual." Israel in the wilderness was a stiff:necked and rebellious people, given to murmuring, licentiousness, and idolatry. Israel, returned from Babylon, will no more hanker after idols, but will have God's Law "put in their inward parts" ( Jeremiah 32:33 ), and will "show forth God's praise" ( Jeremiah 23:21 ).