Isaiah 43:18-19
“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Isaiah 43
6 songs meet this passage
“Ain't no stress on me Lord, I'm movin' forward”
Reborn · KIDS SEE GHOSTS
resonates with Isaiah 43:18-19
The repeated insistence on moving forward from a hard past resonates with the call to not dwell on former things because God is doing something new.
“No one's gonna make me hurt again”
No More Drama · Mary J. Blige
resonates with Isaiah 43:18-19
Her resolve to leave the old cycle behind mirrors the call to stop dwelling on former things and expect something new.
“Welcome to the new age”
Radioactive · Imagine Dragons
strains against Isaiah 43:18-19
Isaiah's 'new thing' flows from God's redeeming work; the song's 'new age' is self-authored transformation with no source beyond the self.
Here Comes the Sun · The Beatles
resonates with Isaiah 43:18-19
The thaw after a frozen season echoes the promise of new life springing up where things once seemed stuck or barren.
“You are the way when there seems to be no way”
Believe For It · CeCe Winans
resonates with Isaiah 43:19
God making a way in the wilderness and desert mirrors the song's trust that God provides a path through impossibility.
“Stayed down, came up, God made a way”
God Made a Way · WHATUPRG
resonates with Isaiah 43:19
The declaration that God made a way out of a low place mirrors God's promise to make a way where there seemed to be none.
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