Isaiah 43:19

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.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 43:20 directly continues: God gives waters in the wilderness for His people — immediate context.

Isaiah 48:21 recalls water from the rock in the desert, directly matching the 'rivers in the desert' promise of 43:19.

Isaiah 48:6 Parallel

Isaiah 48:6 speaks of God declaring new hidden things, reinforcing the theme of a new act from Isaiah 43:19.

Isaiah 35:6-10 describes the desert blossoming and a highway for the redeemed, mirroring the wilderness transformation and way in 43:19.

Isaiah 40:3 Parallel

Isaiah 40:3 uses the same 'way in the wilderness' imagery for preparing the Lord's path, paralleling God's new work in 43:19.

Isaiah 41:18 promises rivers in the desert and springs in valleys, the exact same imagery as the rivers in the desert of 43:19.

Isaiah 42:9 Parallel

Isaiah 42:9 announces new things springing forth, directly paralleling the 'new thing' declared in Isaiah 43:19.

Isaiah 49:11 promises God will make mountains into a way — parallels the 'make a way in the wilderness' imagery.

Isaiah 44:3 Parallel

Isaiah 44:3 reinforces the water imagery: God pours water on the thirsty and Spirit on offspring — expands the promise.

Isaiah 30:25 promises rivers on high mountains in a day of judgment — similar water imagery but different context of wrath.

Revelation 21:5 echoes 'making all things new,' directly quoting the new work language of Isaiah 43:19.

Exodus 17:6 Typology

Exodus 17:6 provides water from the rock in the wilderness, the historical event that Isaiah's rivers in the desert recalls.

Jeremiah 31:22 declares the Lord has created a new thing on earth, directly echoing the 'new thing' in Isaiah 43:19.

Psalm 105:41 explicitly says God opened a rock and water flowed in the desert like a river — direct parallel to Isaiah's promise of rivers in the wilderness.

Ecclesiastes 1:9 declares there is no new thing under the sun — directly opposing Isaiah's promise of a new creation.

Jeremiah 23:7 echoes this 'new thing' — a future deliverance surpassing the exodus, when people will swear by the LORD who brought them from the north.

In 2 Corinthians 5:17, Paul applies this 'new thing' to individual salvation — becoming a new creation in Christ, the old passed away.

In Numbers 16:30, Moses uses the phrase 'a new thing' for God's judgment — Isaiah uses the same phrase for a new act of salvation, contrasting judgment with mercy.

Psalm 78:16-20 recounts the same miracle of water from the rock in the wilderness — a historical pattern that Isaiah's 'new thing' fulfills in a new way.

In 2 Kings 3:17, God provides water in a dry valley without rain — a similar desert provision miracle that Isaiah's rivers recall.

In Numbers 20:11, Moses struck the rock and water flowed — a past wilderness miracle that Isaiah's 'rivers in the desert' reimagines as a new act of provision.

Deuteronomy 8:15 Historical context

In Deuteronomy 8:15, God's past provision of water from the rock in the wilderness is recalled — the same desert context where Isaiah promises rivers.