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Isaiah 43:17-19

The Message (MSG)

This is what God says, 

   the God who builds a road right through the ocean, 

   who carves a path through pounding waves,

The God who summons horses and chariots and armies— 

   they lie down and then can't get up; 

   they're snuffed out like so many candles:

"Forget about what's happened; 

   don't keep going over old history.

Be alert, be present. I'm about to do something brand-new. 

   It's bursting out! Don't you see it?

There it is! I'm making a road through the desert, 

   rivers in the badlands.

Wild animals will say 'Thank you!' 

   —the coyotes and the buzzards—

Because I provided water in the desert, 

   rivers through the sun-baked earth,

Drinking water for the people I chose, 

   the people I made especially for myself, 

   a people custom-made to praise me.