KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Look, I am about to do something completely new; it's already beginning to happen. Don't you see it? I will make a path through the wilderness and create rivers in the desert.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is promising to do something brand new and amazing, creating paths and hope where there seemed to be none before.
📚 Historical Context
Isaiah spoke these words to the Jewish people during their exile in Babylon, around 586-538 BC. The Israelites had been conquered and taken from their homeland, feeling abandoned and hopeless. God was promising them a miraculous return to Jerusalem, comparing it to creating roads through impossible terrain.
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