Isaiah 43:18

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Do not remember the past events,pay no attention to things of old.

Hebrew Names Version
Don't remember the former things, neither consider the things of old.

King James Version
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

English Standard Version
"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.

New American Standard Bible
"Do not call to mind the former things, Or consider things of the past.

New Century Version
The Lord says, "Forget what happened before, and do not think about the past.

Amplified Bible
"Do not remember the former things, Or ponder the things of the past.

World English Bible
Don't remember the former things, neither consider the things of old.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Remember yee not the former things, neither regard the things of olde.

Legacy Standard Bible
"Do not remember the former things,Nor carefully consider things of the past.

Berean Standard Bible
"Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to things of old.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said: Forget what happened long ago! Don't think about the past.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Stop dwelling on past events and brooding over times gone by;

Darby Translation
—Remember not the former things, neither consider the ancient things:

Easy-to-Read Version
So don't remember what happened in earlier times. Don't think about what happened a long time ago,

George Lamsa Translation
Remember not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

Good News Translation
But the Lord says, "Do not cling to events of the past or dwell on what happened long ago.

Lexham English Bible
"You must not remember the former things, and you not must consider the former things.

Literal Translation
Do not remember former things, nor consider the things of old.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye remembre not thinges of olde, and regarde nothinge that is past.

American Standard Version
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

Bible in Basic English
Give no thought to the things which are past; let the early times go out of your minds.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

King James Version (1611)
Remember yee not the former things, neither consider the things of olde.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Remember not thinges of olde, and regarde nothing that is past.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Remember ye not the former things, and consider not the ancient things.

English Revised Version
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thenke ye not on the formere thingis, and biholde ye not olde thingis.

Update Bible Version
Don't remember the former things, neither consider the things of old.

Webster's Bible Translation
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

New English Translation
"Don't remember these earlier events; don't recall these former events.

New King James Version
"Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old.

New Living Translation
"But forget all that— it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.

New Life Bible
"Do not remember the things that have happened before. Do not think about the things of the past.

New Revised Standard
Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not keep in mind former things, - And things of old, do not consider:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Remember not former things, and look not on things of old.

Revised Standard Version
"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.

Young's Literal Translation
Remember not former things, And ancient things consider not.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ God , your Redeemer, The Holy of Israel, says: "Just for you, I will march on Babylon. I'll turn the tables on the Babylonians. Instead of whooping it up, they'll be wailing. I am God , your Holy One, Creator of Israel, your King." ¹⁶This 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 46:9, Isaiah 65:17, Deuteronomy 7:18, Deuteronomy 8:2, 1 Chronicles 16:12, Jeremiah 16:14, Jeremiah 16:15, Jeremiah 23:7, Jeremiah 23:8, 2 Corinthians 3:10

Reciprocal: Psalms 98:1 - for he Psalms 105:5 - Remember 2 Corinthians 5:17 - old

Cross-References

Genesis 42:21
Then they started talking among themselves. "Now we're paying for what we did to our brother—we saw how terrified he was when he was begging us for mercy. We wouldn't listen to him and now we're the ones in trouble."

Genesis 42:35
As they were emptying their food sacks, each man came on his purse of money. On seeing their money, they and their father were upset.

Genesis 43:26
When Joseph got home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought and bowed respectfully before him.

Genesis 43:27
Joseph welcomed them and said, "And your old father whom you mentioned to me, how is he? Is he still alive?"

Judges 13:22
Samson And then the People of Israel were back at it again, doing what was evil in God 's sight. God put them under the domination of the Philistines for forty years. At that time there was a man named Manoah from Zorah from the tribe of Dan. His wife was barren and childless. The angel of God appeared to her and told her, "I know that you are barren and childless, but you're going to become pregnant and bear a son. But take much care: Drink no wine or beer; eat nothing ritually unclean. You are, in fact, pregnant right now, carrying a son. No razor will touch his head—the boy will be God's Nazirite from the moment of his birth. He will launch the deliverance from Philistine oppression." The woman went to her husband and said, "A man of God came to me. He looked like the angel of God—terror laced with glory! I didn't ask him where he was from and he didn't tell me his name, but he told me, ‘You're pregnant. You're going to give birth to a son. Don't drink any wine or beer and eat nothing ritually unclean. The boy will be God's Nazirite from the moment of birth to the day of his death.'" Manoah prayed to God : "Master, let the man of God you sent come to us again and teach us how to raise this boy who is to be born." God listened to Manoah. God's angel came again to the woman. She was sitting in the field; her husband Manoah wasn't there with her. She jumped to her feet and ran and told her husband: "He's back! The man who came to me that day!" Manoah got up and, following his wife, came to the man. He said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to my wife?" He said, "I am." Manoah said, "So. When what you say comes true, what do you have to tell us about this boy and his work?" The angel of God said to Manoah, "Keep in mind everything I told the woman. Eat nothing that comes from the vine: Drink no wine or beer; eat no ritually unclean foods. She's to observe everything I commanded her." Manoah said to the angel of God, "Please, stay with us a little longer; we'll prepare a meal for you—a young goat." God 's angel said to Manoah, "Even if I stay, I won't eat your food. But if you want to prepare a Whole-Burnt-Offering for God , go ahead—offer it!" Manoah had no idea that he was talking to the angel of God. Then Manoah asked the angel of God, "What's your name? When your words come true, we'd like to honor you." The angel of God said, "What's this? You ask for my name? You wouldn't understand—it's sheer wonder." So Manoah took the kid and the Grain-Offering and sacrificed them on a rock altar to God who works wonders. As the flames leapt up from the altar to heaven, God 's angel also ascended in the altar flames. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground. Manoah and his wife never saw the angel of God again. Only then did Manoah realize that this was God 's angel. He said to his wife, "We're as good as dead! We've looked on God!"

Judges 14:4
(His father and mother had no idea that God was behind this, that he was arranging an opportunity against the Philistines. At the time the Philistines lorded it over Israel.)

Psalms 53:5
Night is coming for them, and nightmare— a nightmare they'll never wake up from. God will make hash of these squatters, send them packing for good.

Mark 6:16
But Herod wouldn't budge: "It's John, sure enough. I cut off his head, and now he's back, alive."

Romans 7:8
Don't you remember how it was? I do, perfectly well. The law code started out as an excellent piece of work. What happened, though, was that sin found a way to pervert the command into a temptation, making a piece of "forbidden fruit" out of it. The law code, instead of being used to guide me, was used to seduce me. Without all the paraphernalia of the law code, sin looked pretty dull and lifeless, and I went along without paying much attention to it. But once sin got its hands on the law code and decked itself out in all that finery, I was fooled, and fell for it. The very command that was supposed to guide me into life was cleverly used to trip me up, throwing me headlong. So sin was plenty alive, and I was stone dead. But the law code itself is God's good and common sense, each command sane and holy counsel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Remember ye not the former things,.... Just now referred to, the bringing of Israel out of Egypt, and through the Red sea, and the drowning of Pharaoh and his army in it; for though these things were worthy to be remembered with thankfulness and praise, and to the glory of God, and for the encouragement of faith, yet not in comparison of what was hereafter to be done; meaning, not the redemption from Babylon, unless as a type of spiritual and eternal redemption by Christ; for otherwise there were greater and more wonderful things done, when Israel were brought out of Egypt, than when they were brought out of Babylon; but the great salvation by the Messiah, which exceeds both the deliverances out of Egypt and Babylon, is meant:

neither consider the things of old; unless as figures of the new, but not to be put upon a foot with them, much less to the undervaluing of them, and indeed to be forgotten in comparison of them; see

Jeremiah 23:7. The Talmudists q, by the "former" things, understand subjection to kingdoms; and, by the "things of old", the going out of Egypt; as they do by the "new thing", in the following verse, the war of Gog and Magog.

q T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 13. 1. T. Hieros. Beracot, fol. 4. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Remember ye not ... - So great and wonderful shall be God’s future interpositions in your behalf, that what he has done, great as that was, shall be comparatively forgotten.

The former things - The deliverance from Egypt, and the overthrow of his enemies there.

The things of old - The things that were formerly done.