Isaiah 43 · Verse 18

Isaiah 43:18

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Isaiah 43:18, King James Version

Isaiah 43:18 in other translations

BSB“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.
WEB“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.
ASVRemember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
YLTRemember not former things, And ancient things consider not.
DARBY— Remember not the former things, neither consider the ancient things:
BBEGive no thought to the things which are past; let the early times go out of your minds.
WebsterRemember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

What does Isaiah 43:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. So wonderful shall be God's future interpositions in your behalf, that all past ones shall be forgotten in comparison. Plainly the future restoration of Israel is the event ultimately meant. Thus the "former things" are such events as the destruction of Sennacherib and the return from Babylon. "Things of old" are events still more ancient, the deliverance from Egypt and at the Red Sea, and entry into Canaan [Vitringa].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 43:14-21

The deliverance from Babylon is foretold, but there is reference to greater events. The redemption of sinners by Christ, the conversion of the Gentiles, and the recall of the Jews, are described. All that is to be done to rescue sinners, and to bring the believer to glory, is little, compared with that wondrous work of love, the redemption of man.

Read the full comment on Isaiah 43:14-21 →

Isaiah 43:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַֽל\־'al-may notH408
תִּזְכְּר֖וּtiz.ke.Ruyou rememberH2142
רִֽאשֹׁנ֑וֹתri.sho.Notformer [things]H7223
וְקַדְמֹנִיּ֖וֹתve.kad.mo.ni.Yotand ancient [things]H6931
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תִּתְבֹּנָֽנוּ\׃tit.bo.Na.nuyou considerH995

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 43:18

  • Isaiah 65:17

    For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:10

    For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:12

    Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

  • Deuteronomy 8:2

    And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

  • Jeremiah 16:14-15

    Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

  • Isaiah 46:9

    Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

  • Deuteronomy 7:18

    Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

  • Jeremiah 23:7-8

    Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
46:9; 65:17; De 7:18; 8:2; 1Ch 16:12; Jer 16:14,15; 23:7,8; 2Co 3:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 43:17

    Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

  • Isaiah 43:18

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

  • Isaiah 43:19

    Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

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Isaiah 43:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No os acordéis de las cosas pasadas, ni traigáis á memoria las cosas antiguas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ne vous souvenez pas des choses précédentes, et ne considérez pas les choses anciennes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Gedenket nicht des Früheren, und über die Dinge der Vorzeit sinnet nicht nach!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ne memineritis priorum, et antiqua ne intueamini.