Isaiah 43:19

Easy To Read Version

Why? Because I will do new things! Now you will grow like a new plant. Surely you know this is true. I really will make a road in the desert. I really will make rivers in the dry land.

Cross References

Psalm 105:41

God split the rock,\par and water came bubbling out.\par A river began flowing in the desert!\par

Psalm 126:4

Lord, make us free again,\par like desert streams filled again\par with flowing water.\par

Exodus 17:6

I will stand before you on a rock at Horeb (Mount Sinai). Hit that rock with the walking stick and water will come out of it. Then the people can drink.”

Isaiah 30:25

Every mountain and hill will have streams filled with water. These things will happen after many people are killed and the towers are pulled down.

Isaiah 32:2

\{If this would happen\}, then the king {\cf2\super [294]} would be like a place to hide from the wind and rain. It would be like having streams of water in a dry land. It would be like a cool shadow from a large rock in a hot land.

Isaiah 35:1

The dry desert will become very happy. The desert will be glad and will grow like a flower.

Isaiah 41:18

I will make rivers flow on dry hills.\par I will make springs of water flow\par through the valleys.\par I will change the desert into a lake\par filled with water.\par There will be springs of water\par in that dry land.\par

Isaiah 41:19

Trees will grow in the desert.\par There will be cedar trees, acacia trees,\par olive trees, cypress trees, fir trees,\par and pine trees.\par

Isaiah 42:9

In the beginning,\par I said some things would happen,\par and those things happened!\par And now, before it happens,\par I am telling you about some things\par that will happen in the future.”\par

Isaiah 48:5

So, a long time ago I told you\par what would happen.\par I told you about those things\par a long time before they happened.\par I did this so that you could not say,\par ‘The gods we made did.’\par I did this so that you could not say,\par ‘Our idols, our statues,\par made these things happen.’”\par

Isaiah 48:6

“You saw and heard what happened.\par So you should tell the news to other people.\par Now I will tell you about new things—\par things that you don’t know yet.\par

Isaiah 49:10

The people will not be hungry.\par They will not be thirsty.\par The hot sun and wind will not hurt them.\par Why? Because God comforts them\par and God will lead them.\par He will lead them near springs of water.\par

Isaiah 51:3

\{In the same way,\} the Lord will bless Zion. {\cf2\super [417]} The Lord will feel sorry for her and her people, and he will do a great thing for her. The Lord will change the desert. The desert will become a garden like the garden of Eden. That land was empty, but it will become like the Lord’s Garden. People there will be very, very happy. People there will show their joy. They will sing songs about thanks and victory.

Jeremiah 23:7

“So the time is coming,” this message is from the Lord, “when people won’t say the old promise by the Lord any more. The old promise is: ‘As surely as the Lord lives, the Lord is the One who brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.’

Jeremiah 31:22

Unfaithful daughter,\par how long will you wander around?\par \{When will you come home?\}”\par

Jeremiah 31:9

Those people will come back crying.\par But I will lead them and comfort them.\par I will lead those people by streams of water.\par I will lead them on an easy road,\par so that they will not stumble.\par I will lead them in that way\par because I am Israel’s father.\par And Ephraim {\cf2\super [250]} is my firstborn son.\par

Numbers 20:11

Moses lifted his arm and hit the rock twice. Water began flowing from the rock. And the people and their animals drank that water.

2 Corinthians 5:17

We have small troubles for a while now, but those troubles are helping us gain an eternal glory. That eternal glory is much greater than the troubles.

Deuteronomy 8:15

The Lord led you through that great and terrible desert. Poisonous snakes and scorpions [52] were in that desert! The ground was dry, and there was no water anywhere. But the Lord gave you water out of the rock.

Revelation 21:5

The One that was sitting on the throne said, “Look! I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this, because these words are true and can be trusted.”