Isaiah 43:19

“Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! ¹  Do you not recognize ²  it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths ³  in the wilderness.

Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11; De 8:15; Ps 78:16-20; Ps 105:41; Isa 35:6-10; Isa 40:3,4; Isa 41:18; Isa 42:9; Isa 48:6; Isa 48:21; Isa 48:21,22; Jer 31:22; Lu 3:4,5; Re 21:5

¹ tn Heb “sprouts up”; NASB “will spring forth.”

² tn Or “know” (KJV, ASV); NASB “be aware of”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “perceive.”

³ tn The Hebrew texts has “streams,” probably under the influence of v. 20. The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has נתיבות (“paths”).