Isaiah 42:10

42:10 Sing to the Lord a brand new song!

Praise him ¹  from the horizon of the earth,

you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, ² 

you coastlands ³  and those who live there!

Isaiah 43:19

43:19 “Look, I am about to do something new.

Now it begins to happen! ⁴  Do you not recognize ⁵  it?

Yes, I will make a road in the desert

and paths ⁶  in the wilderness.

Isaiah 48:6

48:6 You have heard; now look at all the evidence! ⁷ 

Will you not admit that what I say is true? ⁸ 

From this point on I am announcing to you new events

that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about. ⁹ 

[42:10]  ¹ tn Heb “his praise.” The phrase stands parallel to “new song” in the previous line.

[42:10]  ² tn Heb “and its fullness”; NASB, NIV “and all that is in it.”

[42:10]  ³ tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV); NLT “distant coastlands.”

[43:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “sprouts up”; NASB “will spring forth.”

[43:19]  ⁵ tn Or “know” (KJV, ASV); NASB “be aware of”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “perceive.”

[43:19]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew texts has “streams,” probably under the influence of v. 20. The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has נתיבות (“paths”).

[48:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “gaze [at] all of it”; KJV “see all this.”

[48:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “[as for] you, will you not declare?”

[48:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “and hidden things, and you do not know them.”