Isaiah 43:14-21
God makes a new way for His redeemed people.
14 Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”
16 Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
17 who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick) says:
18 “Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honor me, because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.
God makes a new way for his redeemed people.
To promise a new act of redemption surpassing the exodus and to call Israel to recognize the LORD’s transforming work.
Spoken in anticipation of exile, the passage promises deliverance from Babylon and restoration for God’s people.
Fear Not, I Have Redeemed You
The LORD tells His fearful, scattered, sinful people not to fear because He has created, redeemed, called, claimed, loved, and gathered them for His glory, making them witnesses to His exclusive saving power and promising a new exodus grounded in mercy for His own sake.