Isaiah 43:19

“Look, I am doing a new thing; now it springs up; will you not know it? Indeed, I will make in the wilderness a way, in the wasteland rivers.”
Isaiah 43:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Look, Iהִנְנִיam doingעֹשֶׂהa new thing;חֲדָשָׁהnowעַתָּהit springs up;תִצְמָחwill you notהֲלוֹאknow it?תֵדָעוּהָIndeed,אַףI will makeאָשִׂיםin the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרa way,דֶּרֶךְin the wastelandבִּישִׁמוֹןrivers.נְהָרוֹת

Allusion · Revelation 21:5

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Both texts say “Look, I am making something new” (in Revelation, “all things”).

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

הִנְhinH2005ἸδοὺIdouG2400“look; if”
חֲדָשָׁהjadashaH2319καινὰkainaG2537“new”
עֹשֶׂהoseH6213ποιῶpoiōG4160“make”

Isaiah 43:19, word by word

am doingעֹשֶׂהose

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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a new thingחֲדָשָׁהchadasha

new

New.

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it springs upתִצְמָחtitsmach

sprout

Sprout, spring up; begin to grow.

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know itתֵדָעוּtedau

know a person

To know someone.

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I will makeאָשִׂיםasim

appoint

To set someone as leader, or fix something.

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in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

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a wayדֶּרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

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in the wastelandישִׁמוֹןyshimon

wasteland

Wasteland, desolation: desert land with no inhabitants.

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riversנְהָרוֹתneharot

river

River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.

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The context

18“Do not remember the former things, and the ancient things do not consider.

19 · This verse (above)

20The animals of the field will honor me, jackals and ostriches, because I have given in the wilderness water, rivers in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen one.

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