King James Version
Isaiah 43:19 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 43 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Isaiah 43:19 · KJV
Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
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.
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls : because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. owls: or, ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
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“now it shall spring forth”
H6779to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“shall ye not know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
“it I will even make”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“a way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“and rivers”
H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the nile, euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
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