Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
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Isaiah 43:16-20
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43:18 God did not want the Israelites to forget the exodus from Egypt. However, they needed to look forward in faith to the spectacular event that was about to occur rather than dwelling on the past.
Other Bible passages linked to this one, most cited first.
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
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.
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.
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
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