Isaiah 43:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 Thus says the Lord,
who opens a way in the sea,
a path in the mighty waters,(A)
17 Who leads out chariots and horsemen,
a powerful army,
Till they lie prostrate together, never to rise,
snuffed out, quenched like a wick.(B)
18 Remember not[a] the events of the past,
the things of long ago consider not;
Footnotes
- 43:18 Remember not: God’s new act of delivering Israel from the Babylonian captivity is presented as so great a marvel as to eclipse even the memory of the exodus from Egypt. This comparison of the return from Babylon to the exodus from Egypt recurs throughout Second Isaiah (cf. 41:17–20; 43:18–21; 48:20–21; 49:8–13; 51:9–11).
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