Discussion 17 March 2013

 ISAIAH 43:16-21

¹⁶Thus says the LORD,

who makes a way in the sea,

a path in the mighty waters,

¹⁷who brings out chariot and horse,

army and warrior;

they lie down, they cannot rise,

they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:

¹⁸Do not remember the former things,

or consider the things of old.

¹⁹I am about to do a new thing;

now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?

I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

²⁰The wild animals will honor me,

the jackals and the ostriches;

for I give water in the wilderness,

rivers in the desert,

to give drink to my chosen people,

²¹the people whom I formed for myself

.so that they might declare my praise.

For Consideration
-In Vs 18 the prophet says, "do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old." even though the first two verses recount the past exile. How does this contradiction help with God's promise to do a "new thing" mentioned in Vs 19?