15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King.” 16 This is what the LORD says - he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, 17 who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: 18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 I am about to do a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. 20 The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen, 21 the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise.
Isaiah 43:15-21
1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.
Isaiah 40:1-2
24 Who handed Jacob over to become loot, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? For they would not follow his ways; they did not obey his law. 25 So he poured out on them his burning anger, the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
Isaiah 42:24-25
1 But now, this is what the LORD says - he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
Isaiah 43:1
1. Reflect
15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King.” 16 This is what the LORD says - he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, 17 who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:
Isaiah 43:15-17
1 But now, this is what the LORD says - he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. 3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
Isaiah 43:1-3
2. Expect
18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 I am about to do a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. 20 The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen, 21 the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise.
Isaiah 43:15-21