Isaiah 43:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנְנִ֨י עֹשֶׂ֤ה חֲדָשָׁה֙ עַתָּ֣ה תִצְמָ֔ח הֲל֖וֹא תֵּֽדָע֑וּהָ אַ֣ף אָשִׂ֤ים בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ דֶּ֔רֶךְ בִּֽישִׁמ֖וֹן נְהָרֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

Behold me ʿōśeh a ḥădāšâ, now it tiṣmāḥ. Will you not tēdāʿûhā? Indeed, I will ʾāśîm in the midbār a derek, in yəšîmôn nəhārôt.

Grammar Details

*ʿōśeh*: participle, masculine singular - doing/making
*ḥădāšâ*: adjective, feminine singular - new thing
*tiṣmāḥ*: imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will spring forth
*tēdāʿûhā*: imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - you will know it
*ʾāśîm*: imperfect, 1st person singular - I will place/set
*midbār*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the wilderness
*derek*: noun, feminine singular - way/road
*yəšîmôn*: noun, masculine singular - desert/wasteland
*nəhārôt*: noun, masculine plural - rivers

Word Meanings

*ʿōśeh*: doing/making/performing
*ḥădāšâ*: new thing/new matter/novelty
*tiṣmāḥ*: will spring forth/will sprout/will emerge
*tēdāʿûhā*: will know it/will perceive it/will recognize it
*ʾāśîm*: will place/will set/will establish
*midbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
*derek*: way/road/path
*yəšîmôn*: desert/wasteland/wilderness
*nəhārôt*: rivers/streams/waterways

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Referenced Verses

Isa 48:6 : 6 Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.
Isa 42:9 : 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
2 Cor 5:17 : 17 Wherefore if any man is in Christ, [he is] a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
Isa 41:18 : 18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Rev 21:5 : 5 And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, {G3427} Write: for these words are faithful and true.
Luke 3:4-5 : 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways {G1519} smooth;
Exod 17:6 : 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Ps 105:41 : 41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places [like] a river.
Isa 35:6-9 : 6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. 7 And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. 8 [And a highway] [shall be there, and a way,] [and it shall be called] [The way] [of holiness;] [the unclean] [shall not pass over] [it; but is shall be for the redeemed]: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein]. 9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there]: 10 and the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isa 40:3-4 : 3 The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
Jer 31:22 : 22 How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for Jehovah hath created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.
Num 20:11 : 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.
Deut 8:15 : 15 who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, [wherein were] fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Ps 78:16-20 : 16 He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers. 17 Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert. 18 And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire. 19 Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? 20 Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?
Isa 48:21-22 : 21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. 22 There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.

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